The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1856-01-23

Government in Wisconsin. Her brothen
some older and some younger than her.
self, one BY one. dropped and died; and
soon her mother, calling in agony upon
her long sxiled daughter, joined her boys
in happier cline. None were now leh
but the father aud this poor girl. He, too
was humbIet, and stricken by tha, slow
but certain disease which lights ND the
cheek and fires ,he eye with the brillsncy
ofheal'h. even when its victim is on the
confines Of eternity &; he would ait and tel
TO his surviving child the acts Of winning
love, and SELF sacrificing devotion, which
had made ..is Lizzie the very Object Of his
life. lie would talk OF her swcet smiles
and happy disposition, until memory
would lead him to the hour when he bid
her depart. and not lot him see her face =.
gain. His decline wss rapid, and thi.
lone child SAW the first flower which the
warmth OF spring haI called from the soil
Of her mothers grave, disturbed, uproot
Ell and thrown aside, tha, his ashes nigh.
min gle with those II the mother Of his
children. At bis death he charged her
to pay of - far IS she nigh. be able, the
debts that had been incurred for the ne.
cessities Of life the land which for the
want Of culture. had not increased in value
was sold and left her but few dollars
These she expended in rearing some
bosrd' to mark the spot where she had
seen Olried, one after another, her beloved
kindred. She had heard Of Chicago
She had heard that in this city there were
officers where strangers wishing employ.
ment could find work. She had on foot
Travelled mSnv miles, until she reached
Mil~ 'ukie, and thence by the Kindness
VI poor sailor. who bad seen her d.y If.
ter day "n the dock watching the steam.
rrs depart, had inquired and ascertainel
,hnt she W;sl,ed to GENE hi,her, but had
NJ" the money. lie brought to Chicago
on his own vessel, and had told her that
by cr"-singt the bridge, she could find one
Of those places where situations were Civ.
en- to worthy applicants.
Such ~ns her story. She had mentioned
no nams except that Of her father mother
and the endearing sPpellstions Of brother
George, Willie, DC. Both Of the women
were crying bitterly. The fa.hionably
dreesed lady turned her face towards the
river, that her tears. ut such = crowded
and unusual place might not he observed
She requested US to take her two boys
George and " lille, she called them-by
the hand, 10 keep them from danger, and
then putting her arms around the neck Of
the poor. friendle.s, wandering, orphan
stranger, said, you arc my own dear
sister. I An, Lizzie"
These Two te.ngs, children Of the same
parents, how different have besn their
paths, and how deep their sufferings! We
have seen them together in Liuieis car
riage. driving along Lake street. They
are, doubtless. rs happy as their bcrsave
msn,s. relieved only by the consciousness
Of duty faithfully performed. can permit.
Bot while the sutferings OF that father
and mother may Le family known from
the storf of The daughter, what mus, have
been the mental sgcuy Of tha, other
ds"eh,er, unkindly bsnishei from her
mothers side, and driven out into the
~osld without = fathers bIessingt Wins.
must have been her grief when her les,e.s,
written from a prosperous city, from the
house Of her wealthy and kind husband,
telling them Of her success, aud of the
birth Other children. wsrs unnoticed and
unanswered : She must have felt, indeed,
that the hearts Of that father and mother,
her els er and brother., had been Lardeu
Ell against her We will say no more
That scene ~iil live in our memory while
We cHn re'nsmber the holy love Of father
n,oiher aud kindred.