The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1855-09-26

red III their Losoms, binding their bleed
my hears together, and they lived on
Their strong affections eentered more
entirely upon the only one lett them now
the son "f then declining wears.
The bright promise did his manhood
give;nor was it nniaithful in the fulflmeut.
Daringly the strong intellect shot eaveu.
ward, like Nh angel painting for .he p,irer
atmosphere OF the upper skies The death
OF his sweet sisIer chasteued his aspiring
sou, sPirltualized his lofty Thoughts; an /
ms he geze,l down into her early tcmb.th
home Of beauty amid corruption, the
words, i am the resurrection and tue lis,
throbbed in his burning brain.
81 will from this hour devote myself to
Heaven, lie resolved; He who was cruel
fled. and rose again, that the sweet spirit
once enshronled in this mortal clay, mi ght
arise also, and join Ilr in the heavenly
inheritance" ....
He became a pre- ,cher Of righteousness,
and again, the hearts Of his parents re-,
joiced. But alas! Death has been envious
Of the great and the good from the begin
ming. The brighter and more shining
tie light, the more eagerly his pale lips
blow out the flame.
Again his unerring shaft sped upon its
fatal mission, and the son, too, wearied
with constant thought and mental toll,
iald his headupon the maternal bosom,
never to iIi il again in life.
Lovely in their hves," murmnred the
d"nbIy bereaved and de>olare ones,as they
turned from The sieui church ward Ia
wards Their almost deserted home; lovely
IA thlr lives. and in their deaths not divi
ded.' We maze them our nlos; they
were gently l"os"ue'l from our arms, an,l
lie hath onr jewels in His keeping"
The toomi.-,lnor WAS closed, and Wit.
hngerin steps they tutiere,l away, while.
the go"l old minister wnlke,l 10y their
side, comforting ll.em with many n well
chosen and tender word.
p PAUr SECOND.
"Ab! now the Fountaiues know wha,
ii is To suffcr!" erred the envious. Now
their pride will come do"n; now behold
their boasted cIleeriulness!' But all! how
many true and pure heart bed Tor
thcml and what tears ran down furrowr,l
cheeks, as Their clasped hands were held
towards Hearen,and fervent supplicatiurS
were ed To the throne Of God for the
suffering. -rhr " .a .--.
Whom have We now to iovc! they
exclaimed, AS they passed the threshold OF
their stately home, and saw lis spIendor
m"ckiugly but dimly shining through
tears. How spread The anguish Of that
loneliness over their mourning souls, us
they mur'nurei again, Whom have We
not To io,e!" ........ ....
God aud each .olher," WAS :he noble
regly; yet more devote'lly, more tenderIy
than before"
And they grew sweeiiy resigned ~
years sped OH. riIey forgot not the I,our:
they mInistered 10 The stricken;they bless
ed little children. Happiness had again
spreadler 81, irs wig, above m,when
speculation in which Casptr had lnvc,t
cd largely, fell TO the ground, and carried
with 1t nearly all the possessions of tho
good old man. IL had been deemed so
secure, that Casper Foun,aine stood honIs
man for several parties icvoIve,l; but for
that, he would still have retained com.
pcrence. a
One little co tage, the only one left Of
his money. fur Cnspar WAS houorahlr To
the payment Of the last farthing.l was
neatly, yet scantly. furnished AMI lither
the aged pair proceeded. They would not
accept the many pceuniary gifts which
many, VIM lovei aud revcre.i them, were
willing, nay anxious, to bestow upon the
venerable 'head Of the town"
"Our Farther intenlsto draw us nearer
himself by looseing aud sweeping away
all earthly proi,s." said Casper. while be.
nign smile still played over his noble Tea
lures. ..,Ts well; let US bow in sweet
submission to His gracious will. We still
have each other" a
"Ye+, we still have each other"
echoed his wife. ON whose yet lovely face
bls patient sinile was reflected. a
1 To toll With his own hands, the old man
now went. Il,s weekly wages, aud the
little he bad saved from the reek of li-
property, enable,l them 70 live frugallity
yet with comfort.
A winter day, with ia wailing wind,
had pressed into eternity, and left in
its strad y calm glorious night gusrle,l
by millions Of stars. thst were almost
mirrored IN the smooth aud dazzling snow.
Tie town Law buslled M if in calmsslun,.
Der, uestling amid the old mountains ths,
lifted themselves in solemn grandeur to
warls lIeayen.
In the cottage Of Casper Fontaine the
werkman stood before cheerful fire, and
the great family Dibl,, that had sle-cend.
I'd through many generations laid with
i'vhnge, covers open, and The heavy clasps
fallen upon. the clean linen beneath.
] Tile old inan had been remling in he hol,
volume. ~ was his won't befdre retiring
and the good wife had laid byphe kaittiHu
on the stand b+sideibern, and With sol..s,
4 haHds, SAT tgazing into the lace o. Der rene
i saisle payiDgs.H tFs sse8y ~ ~
4 Tli6agln was basy With him: he ma.
reviewing the pages of. the past. that, tome
times luminous, ct others covered - viii