The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1857-03-21


The load of sin j. of Of his heart but his is
not tn. unbfoken sleep OF childhood, and.
Ms with bound, ke has f;sn 10 throw his
arms round his mother. neck the chains
aud ieiter. have dragged AIN down again.
Ala. . then indeed. the iron has entered
into his soul. a. he feels that, for him, thu
day Of repentance has passed.
The sun WAS casting us dazzling mornlrc
radiance over the forest, when Rosinn
awoke the mex, day, AID Birdie had chirped
his ms'n song 81 praise, unhsard by Any
human ear. Oh glorious rsiur" Of day
brighter aud h.l.er tas than even tho rain
bow Of promise. the only image thought
worth, OF the Ssviout's advent. The day
spring from on high hath visited Us. no
,ina tell the cheering influence of the scene,
aud alter VAN attempts to awake her father,
prpceeded To eat her simple breakfast
This done. with Birdie on her shoulder, sh.
salled forth III ques, Of wild flower. Tbs
had been her daily employment, hut she
had never wandered out oi the reach 81
he, fathers waning voice. Now that voice
was husn.d IN death, and there MAS noih'
mg to rem,nd Rosinn Of the lapse of time.
The flower. seemed to become more bean,
t,iul ~ she al. anced. She WAS never
weary OF gathering them. AID II was no,
until her spro" aud 10th hands we're lnll.
tina, she thought ot home. The sun which
had reached the ma'ld,an. then told them
tina, It wa. time tor Their mii-day n,snl.
She looked .rouud, hu. the whole sceBa
was unfamiliar. Her light steps had lrit
no trace ia the dry leaves accumulated du'
tiup the winter, aud she had no means al
a.c-,talning where she WAS, or no" lar
,b, had gone. Her fret act WAS to 81,
down ana cry bitterly, but soon she isnci-d
that Hudie chitprd che.Iiuliy. he sound
enc outraged her to ir, to regain her lowly
home, bat the had, IN her Ill oil cry ing.
Io.t all recollection ot the direction, IN
which sb. had come, and acclJeuiiy con'
tinued 10 advance. instead oil re,faclng her
steps She walked on brasely inr u long
time, s,ili stopping TO pick every h""er
ihst came III her way, but n, lasi fatigue
aud hanger compelled her to give up. She
WAS just about to despair, when the soand
OF a. axe gave her new HE. She resumed
her journey, aud soon cn,nr ~ -Ieh, 81 sn
nu,,,bc eot,age occupied by charcoal
pnroc', ana h's 'a'lS
We musi nvw pass over a lew yeats "i
ko-.na. history. ~ II would b. Ia tedious
to trlate how sne fuund a home 10 the coal
burners Dwelling a'd Natm Iiaer ~ hi'
nrH't. Hpd tnN III" r'et t'il''' hi" 'nihrf'
a"d MS suits brothers frf j. hlHck eye,
and nef rave" hair. hsd always attracted
thr Ati,nii"u OF The irN, VINO had srvn thr
chid, a"i ~ nNa'in0lt drawn irum the
uuue'i coHibutn,f, Tue marvellous account
al the ~, -ieii"ns appearance 81 ia " Hea'-
rn ehlid' rs h" always called her lie
,1lcmnis declared tina lille eniting wood
Ia TO. lntrsl, he bad heard rushing noise
A. u soh" goat bHh was ~ '"e' th"' a''f
l"ok'tg ~ every d're'''" x" hn' ont III"
cause pi 10" noise he had suddenly seen
Al ms ir"i Tue pttttN h'''ha, VINO h'a t'l
drullJ been guided There ej hafd- rs
800" a. he had pfV''i'rh t" t'rat her rs his
own ch'ld, the bi'd had l~lt lie hat at w.
tious tunes oren all over the forest, aud he
was quI'e sure that there WAS 40 "h.f" y
hous", tf"n' ""ic" me 'hla could h"eec""e.
At an, rate, he ss'd tnsi Tue dressing 81 hs1V
ep had come Win TIE cald, s"d u" .ntfes-
ties could indnce h'" To give Der up HanS
hnd tined TO reg Tue '''''e '"""'''hs ''"'" wv"
She seemed :" shs' s'"s'' csb''' '"si'' L"
he - h''le P'"eess' ''F 'he gaon e"s'h"'"'
et had made IL point VII" ny slnf'N sous,
that his Heaven ch''d should be Tented
WITH The almost respect ana CONSIDERATION