The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1853-08-30
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"a LOVED ONES DEAru.BED.
81 7i ny JULIAN ST. PIERRE.
!. Last scene of a
What ends. lhis strange, eventfnl. history,

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s4 Last scene of all
5s That ends this strange, eventful, history
SOS Sos f d 4 . As you lIc il.
Day lad faded into evening eve.
5SsIllingss3 shade had dccpcncd into night.
Oh5how4 4droary:5was that night; how
awful in its stiffness in its solemn
silence!
Il Yes lit was very still in that room
tile chamber Of the dying. The
passing spirit was about to BID adicu
5,te,i earth, with all its joys, and enter
upon those unknown realms Of bliss,
in tllat bright spirit land above.
There was no hope Of a longer stay
with us; he had lived long lifetime
,3-7=-;hcI lad seen the spring time in all
sitssfresllness tho summer in all its
sbeauty;Eth the autum with its sore and
yellow leaf;$an now life's winter had
;;set in--the ripeneG shcaf must be
gatheredsinto the garner.
No hope, said the doctor, as lie
gave his sombre head the last shake,
4 Il ithlaats EVIL IoodlnS shake.
a ass sss9g.sailone 2itsWas like aNscp sound,
a ing khell, that rang through the ave.
nles9 lending to our hearts core-a
sharp dagger, whose every thrust
8jwassa$fresh hswonnd, piercing deeply,
.sSSas it strovcs to sever the cords that
sbounh our souls to his, that was now
Y leaving us TO be seen no more.
Grandmother and Kate stood with
SAme8by y8the bedside, in that still room.
SCorpse-likc lay my grandfather, as
sWith,6Xed eyes hc-regardcd my grand.
5slnotherf; the fond rcmembranccs of
over rshalf q century passed through
his waning mind, and yet he knew
that he was leaving her now
Mary, he said, i ain going home
n. 80 -:I mus. leave you, long winters and
summers have e;rolled over our heads
since {lirst I met you; but they pass
ed on theis course and found US low.
ing still. You will miss me sadly,
darling often will you think of me
as 4 now do Of the days when first l
met, you, with the love light sparkling
IN your. eye-w when you loved me
.s&ithEallsthe tender affection of your
young, fresh heart. How I loved
you when you presented me with our
& frstsborn with the darling, that was
only allowed to wander for little
time fromits native Heaven, and then
taken home, being too pure to dwell
4 3onsthis cold world. Tie wife Of my
bosom, and the mother of my chill
dren, have you been, Mary; our hairs
hdye.whitened together; side by side
have wc grown old and grey headed,
NOW | must leave you. DO not
weep Mary,it will be but short
time that l will leave you--rcmem-
ber, Insmy fathers house arc many
mansions; 1 80 to prepare place for
you
Exhausted, he ceased to speak
The first tinge Of morning was red.
aening gfthe cast, as VIC drew back the
curtains to let him see the dawn of
Ianothcr5day. As We raised him in
the bed, and proppcd him up with
pillows, We saw his still clear, blue
g, gazing through the morn dusk
towards that spot where the night
clouds fed fro,a, before the approach
Of day.
gomesnear me, my children. he
said to Kate .andI, come, until l bid
you farewell .'ss3.
We knelt; at the bcdsidc--as he
placed his hands on our heads.
sMaythc Father Almi ghty, who
#shasssupportedm me even until NOW, and
kept mesin the hollow of his hand,
protect you through life; and after
death, re,unitc you with your old
grandfather in Heaven, at last
e4 HeSwas silent murmurcd--
Dear grandfather
But s8lic@ answered not; his hands
fsllspp,Sser fell serltssion the bed, as wcrosc
u from cur knccs.