The Richmond Indiana palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1854-1855, 1855-01-26


sun has just burst out through the clouds. and
heavy golden beam cunae in at our window
How bright and cheerful Il comes in so silent
", vet il speaks 10 the heart Thank kind God
for sunshinei Ages on ages it has Illuminated
and glsddened a world. yet we hardly think of
the great fountain of light and beauty. Writing
ot sunshine brings TO mind q touching incident
which came under our observation as we We're
travelling in the Opposite seated
family OF four. consisting of q man and his wife
and two chIldren-bov and girl-twlns. and to-
tally blind. Two lovelier children we never saw.
The family We're from the South. 4 southern
sun had given each cheek rich olive complexion,
relieved by a beautiful bloom upon the children's
eountenances. The boy was lightly built, had
finely chiseled features snd hair ofa dark brown.
clustering in rich curls around his neck The
girl was vet more slender, and fragile a leaf,
and OF the most spiritualized beauty. Her habit
was dark. Her hair was black as night, its heavy.
glossy tresSes confined by golden band which
fheT 18Th seemed happy 1hs s nj M
telligence beyond their years The train stopped
for moment upon the route. The windows were
al! raised. and the children leaning out as If to
see. The little girl heaved long sigh. and then
leaned back in the seat exclaiming, 30, mother,
| cannot see anything" tear trembied III her
eve and her voice was 50 sad and low tha; j. went
TO the heart OF every passenger who heard the
beautiful and unfortunate creature. Neither
can see, Bell: but | know everything Is beaut
ful'' said her brother rs the ligh. winds lifted
her lock "You' re beautiful are not Bell?'
Just then flood of sunshine gushed from the
white clouds in the west like dash and fell full
aud warm upon the cheek of the sad girl. and
upon the tears in her ewes.
Quick as thought she put up her hand, and at
tempted to grasp the golden pencils that were
PLAYING through her thick braids upon her neck
and cheek. Eagerly she shut her hand upon va
cancv, and shadow fell upon her countenance
as she failed TO touch the sunshine. Mother, l
cannot feel it; has il fled out of the Window
'W nat Ball?'' The sunshine, Marion. 1t
touched nv cheek, but cannot touch that. -
The mothers ewes SWAN in tears. as did those Of
nearly all in the car A blind girl feeling for a
sunbeam upon her cheek That beam was radiant
with beauty, vet she could not behold it. 1t
cleaned upon a world but all light to her.
It's silver bursting in the east or its golden ia
ding in the west followed day followed day:
but burst not upon her vision, nor faded at de-
cline OF 6av 1t gowed in the sky, upon forest
aud field and lake and rive: but not in the blue
orbs of the sghtless girl. By singular coinci-
dence the boy tried to feel of the breeze that
came cool upon the cheek as the cars sped swift
y on The breeze swept over the yellow fields
aud meadows, and still waters, and coqutsed with
unseen by him. We involuntarily thanked God
that could look upon the beautiful world He
has made, and dropped tear for the hapless
children, who must grope their way TO the grave
through long night. But the light of bliss will
burst upon them. Long shall we remember the
two blind children Batttnsore Dispatch