Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1850-06-04

the church spirc above the graves 1t was
larger aud more beautiful, they thought than
m the others, and every night they watched
Tor il. standing hand In hand at the window
Whoever saw It ilrst cried out, | see the
STAR" And often they cried out both rogcth-
CT. knowing ~ we'll when il would rise and
where. 80 they grew W b. such friends with
II, that, before laying down IN their beds, they
always looked out once again To bid II good
nigh, and when ihry were turning round Ia
sl,cp ,hcy u-cd to say God bless the star ~
but while she was very young, oh, very,
yer, young, the sister dhuoPcd and become
~ weak that she could M longer stand at the
win,luw a, night, add then tie child looked
sadly out by himself and when he ,ar the
star turned rund and said to the patient pale
larr ON the bed, " see the STAR and then a
smlr would come upon her face, and little
VOICE used To say, " God blcs, INV brother and
the STAR
Aud 80 the timc came, all too soon, when
the child looked out alone, and whrn hsrc
was M f,cc on the bc,l, and When thcrc sas a
little grave among the graves not there b.
fore, and when the star made long nays down
tovaus him, az be- saw il through his tears.
Now these rays were M brish', and thoy
.ecmcd tn make such shining way from
Earth tn Heaven. that when the child went
to his solitary hc,l, he dreamed about ihc star,
and dreamed that, lying NhcIc be- Nas, he
saw trains Of people taken mp that sparkling
mad by angels. And the star, opening,
showed him a rrrat world Of light where
many norc such angel, waited to rccc''c
ihum.
Al thc.c angels whn wcu waiting, turned
their Blaming eve, upon the people Who
were carried up iuto the star, and some came
cu, from the long rows IA which they stood,
and frll upon The peoples ncek', and ki,.cd
them tcndcrly, aud went away with them
down avenue, Of light, aud were 30 happy ~
their company uat lying IA his brd he ~"r'
for ioy.
Bu there were many angels who dii mot
20 with them, and among them one be- knew
The paticn, FACE that once had lam upon the
bed Ms gloudcd and pdicut, but hls heart
found ou, his sister among al h. hos,
lie sisters angel fingered near the en-
trance vt the star and ald tn the leader a.
monl these Who had brought The people
,hthcr.
"I,my brother come"
And he aid &" No"
She was turning hopefully away when the
child stretched uu, ms arms and crrd, "Oh,
sister. ( am here Take me-" and then She
turned her bslmrnr ewes upon hun, and It ~.
night. anil The ,lars was shining into the
ruom, making hong ray, down toward. h.m o..
be- ,av 10 through 10, tears.
From that time forth, the child looLcd out
upon the star, a, ON the Home h. va, tn go
lo, When hl, time should come, anil boz Thought
tln, hc dld no, belong in the earth alone but
lo thc star, ,no. L,cau., VI he sister, angel
gone bluc.
There was , baby bom IN b. a brother tn
ihc child, and while be- va. So liulr that be-
newer Vet bad spoken suul, hc.ucichrd hIs
tiny iuuu ou, ou hl, bed and died.
Again thrcblld drcamrd Ut the opened star
coed a, ,i.. ca,ur.uy "l auaal. ,uI rl,r tram
Of people, and The uw, of angels. with Ihcrr
hramlur cyr, 40 turned ur"u ,hu.r People,
faces.
sand hi, sisters angel tn lhr lcaior
e.. L. uy brother come
And o. ,lid. "uut that one bat another"
hDd the child brhrll BE-, brother, angel ln
bcr arm, bee cried, Oh. sister, am here
Take me" and She turned and smiled upon
him and thc star was shining
H. grew To be- Young man, aud ~, busy
az hr, buoLs whcu au OLD .rr, ant came Io hrm
and said
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