Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1855-10-02

girl. He, too, was humbled, and stricken ,by that
slow but certain disease which lights up the cheek
and fires the eye With the briiancy OF health even
when ita victim Is on the confines Of eternity; he
would sit and tell TO his surviving child the acts Of
winning love, and sacrificing devotion which bad
made his Lizzie the very object Of life. lie would
talk OF her sweet smiles, and her happy dsposl-
ton, until memory would lead him to The hour
when he bid her depart, and not let him see her
face again. His decline was rapid, and this lone
child saw the first flowers which the warmth OF
spring had called from the soil Of her mothers
grave, disturbed uprooted, and thrown aside, that
his ashes might mingle with those Of the mother
Of his children
AT his death he charged her TO pay Of, as far as
she might be able, the debts incurred TO procure
the necessares Of nfe; the land, which for want
Of culture, had not Increased in value, was sold,
and left her but few dollars These she expenc-
ed In rearing some boards to mark the spot where
she had seen buried, ono after another her below
ed kindred. She had heard Of Chicago. She had
heard that in this city there were Offices where
strangers wishing employment could find work.
She had on foot travelled many Inles until sic
reached Milwaukee, and thence by the kindness Of
apoor sailor, who had seen her day after day on
the dock, watching the steamers depart, had in
quired and ascertained that she wished to como
hither, but had not the money He brought her
to Chicago on his own vessel, and had told her
that by crossing the bridge she could find one cf
those places where situations were given to worthy
applicants.
Such was her story. She had mentioned no
name except that of father, mother, and the en-
dearing appellations Of brother George, Willie, &C.
Both OF the women were crying Bitterly Tie
fashionably dressed lady turned her face toward
the river, that her tears, at such a crowded and
unusual place, might not, be observed She re-
quested us to take her two boys George and VIZ
lie, she called them, by the hand, to keep them
from danger, and then putting her arm around the
neck Of the poor, fendless, wandering orphan
stranger, said, "you are my own sister. / am
Lizzie.n
These two beings, children Of the same parents
how different have been their paths, and how deep
their suferngsl We have seen them together in
Lizzies" carriage, driving along Lake street
They are doubtless as happy as their bereavements
relieved only by the consciousness Of duty faith
fully performed, can permit But while the suffer-
ing OF that father and mother may be family known
from the story Of the daughter, what must have
been the mental agony OF that other daughter
unkindy banished from her mothers side, and
driven out into the world without fathers bless-
ing? What must have been her grief when her
letters, written from a prosperous city from the
house of her wealthy and kind husband. telling
them Of her success, and OF the birth Of her chill.
dren, were unnoticed and unanswered? She must
have felt indeed that the hearts Of that father and
mother, her sister and brothers must have been
hardened against her. We will say no more
That scene will live in our memory while we can
remember the holy love of father, mother, and
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