Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1856-01-19

in agony upon her long-exiled daughter,
joined her boys in happier cline
None were now left but the father and
this poor girl. He too was humbled
and stricken by the slow but certain dis
ease which lights up the cheek, and fires
the eye with the brilliancy of health,
even when its 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 had made
his Lizzie the very object of his life
He would talk of her sweet smiles and
her happy disposition until memory would
lead him to the hour when he bid her to
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 necessaries of
life. The land, which, for want of cul-
ture, had not increased in value, was
sold, and left her but few dollars
These she expended in rearing some
boards to mark the spot where She had
seen buried, one after another, her be-
loved kindred She had heard of Chi
cage. She had heard that in this city
there were Offices where strangers wishing
employment could find work. She had
on foot travelled many miles, until she
reached Milwaukee, and thence by the
kindness Of poor sailor, who had seen
her day after day on the dock, watching
the steamers depart, had inquired and
ascertained that she wished to come 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 Of those places where
situations were given to worthy appli-
cants
Such was her story She had men
toned no name except that Of father,
mother, and the endearing appelIations
Of brother George, Willie, &c. Both
Of the women were crying bitterly
The fashionably dressed lady turned her
face towards the river, that her tears, at
such crowded and unusual place, might
not be observed. She requested us to
take her two boys-Georgc and Willie,
she called them-by the hand, to keeT
them from danger, and then putting hel
arm around the neck Of the poor, friend
less, wandering orphan stranger, said
" You are my own sister ! am Lizzie'
These two beings, children Of the same
parents, how different have been then
paths, and how deep their suaerings
4 We have seen them togcthcrin +" Lizzle's -
carriage, driving along Lake street.
They are doubtless as happy as their be-
reayomcnts, relieved only by the con
sciousness Of duty faithfully performed,
can permit. But while the suffering 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, unkindly ban
ished from her mothers side, and driven
out into the world without a fathers
blessing? 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
children, were unnoticed and unanswered
She mast have felt indeed that the hearts
Of that father and mother, her sister and
brothers, must have been hardened against
her. We viii say no more. That scene
will live in our memory while we can
remember the holy love of father, moth
er, and kindred.