Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1856-05-10
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its victim is on the confines ofeternity.
He would 81, and tell u his surviving child
the acts Of winning love and sacrificing devo.
tion which had made his Lizzie the very oh
ject of his life. He would talk OF her sweet
smiles and happy disposition. until memory
would lead him TO the honr when he bid her
10 depart and not let him see her face again.
Ills decline was rapid, and this lone child
saw the flowers which the warmth Of Spring
had called from the soil Of her mothers grave
disturbed urrootpd and thrown aside, that
his ashes might miugle with those Of the
mother or his children
At his death he charged her TO pay off as
far as she might he able. the debts incurred
to procure the nccessaries of life. The land.
which from want Of culture. had not increased
in value. was sold and left her bnt few dol
lars. These she expended in rearing some
boards to mark the spot where ehe had seen
buried. one after another. her beloved kin.
dred. She Ind heard Of Chicago. She lad
heard that in this city there were Offices
where strangers wishing employment could
find work She had on foot travelled man!
miles. until she reached Milwaukee, and
thence by the kindness Of a poor sailor, who
had seen her day after day on the dock,
watching the steamers dpnart had inquired
aud ascertained that she wished 10 come hiti-
er. hut 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 CIV
en- to worthy applicants.
Such was her story. She had mentioned
no name except that of -iller, mother, and
the very cndearug rrpeilatians Of brother
George. Willie. &c. Both of the women
were crying bitterly. The fashionahly dres-
sed lady turned her face toward the river.
that her tears nj such crowded and unusual
place might not be observed. She requested
us to take her two boys--Georee and lille
she called them-by the hand. to keep them
from danger, and then putting her hand
around the neck Of the poor wandering or
phan stranger. said:
You are my own sister. J am Lizzie."
These two beings children of the same pa
rents. how different have hepn their paths.
and how deep their suffprngs We have
seen them together in "Lizzps" carriage.
driving along Lake street. They are doubt
less ms happy as their bereavements relieved
only by the consciousness Of duty faithfully
performed. can permit. But w lie the suffer
ing Of that father and mother may be faintly
known from the story of he daughter what
must have been the mental agony of that
other daughter, unkindly banished from her
mothers side. and driven ont into the world
witEout a fathers blessing? What must have
been her grief when her letters written from
n prosperous city. from the house Of her veal.
thy and kind husband, telling them OF her
success and the birth of her childrrn, were
unnoticed and unanswered? She must have
felt indeed that the hearts of that father and
mother. her sisters ami hru;'t,>. must nave
been hardened against her. We will say ne
more. That scene will live in our memory
while We can remember iha holy love of q
father, mother and kindred