The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1860-08-03
A thild's Dream Of q Star.
BY CHARLES DICKENS,

Thoro was once child and he strollod
about good deal and TO thought of nun
b'r Of things. lilo had sister, who was u
child too, aud his constant companion.-
The two used to wonder al! day long. They
wondered at tho beauty of the flowers; they
wondered at tho hight and bluenees of the
sky +; they wondered at the depth of the
bright water they wondered ut tho good.
ness and power Of God who mado the lovoly
world.
Thcy used to say to one another somo-
times:
"supposing all tho children on earth wore
to die, would the Dowers, and tho sky, and
the water no sorry r
They believed that they would 10 sorry ;
for they thought tho buds wcro tho childron
of the flowers. and the little playful streams
that eambol down tho hill! sides, were the
children of tho waters and tho smallos,
bright spccks playing ut bids and seek all
night in tho sky. must surely be the children
of the stars aud they would all lie gricved
TO sec their play mates, the children of men,
no moro.
There was ono clear. shining star that
used to como out in the sky before tho rost,
near tho church spiro. above the graves
thought, than all tho others and every night
thuy watched for it. standing hand in hand
at tho window. Who ever saw it Rrst, cried
out:
II sec tho star !"
Aud often thoy cried out both together
knowing SO woii when 1t would rise, ant
where. So they grew 10 DO such friends
with II, that before lying down in their beds
] ia -. l.
good night aud when thov were turning
round to sleep, thoy would say, God blet'
tho star"
But whlo sho was still worry young. oh
very. very young, the sistcr dropped, and
bccamo so weak that she could no longs,
stand in tho window at night aud tbon The
child looked sadly out by himsclfand whcI
he saw tho star, turned round and look cd II
the pale face on the bed. and said
Il 500 tho stars; and then n smile woulC
como upon tho face, aud u little weak voice
would say:
God bless my brother and tho star"
And so the timo camo all too soon, whel
the child looked out alone, and when ther
was no face upon the bod and when thor
was little grave among the graves no
thero before aud when the star made Ion
rays down towards hin, as he saw 4 ,hroug
1
his tears
Now those rays wore SO bright and the
seemed to make such shining way fror
earth to heaven. that when tho child wen
to his solitary bod, ho dreamed about tb
stnr; and dreamed that, lying whero ho wal
he saw q train of people taken up thu
sparkling road by angles And the sta
: opening. showed him great world Of ligh
where many moro such angels waited to rt
ceive thom.
All these angels who wero waiting. turne
their boaming eyes uron tho people VIII
were carried up into tho star ; and SON
came out of tho long rows in which the
Q stood. and foil upon tho peoples necks, an
kissed them tendorly. and won't away wit
them down avenues of light, and wsro q
= happy in thoir company, that lying in be
he wept for joy.
But thoro wore many angels who did n,
go with them, and among them one no ney
o Tho patient face that once had lam upC
the bed was now gloried and radiant, bu
his heart had found out his sister among
the host.
His sisters angel fingered near tho o.
trance of tho star, and snid to the lead
among those who had brought the peop
hither:
,. as my brother come 2
And no said: "No."
She was turning hopefully away. VII,
= tho child stroichUd out his arms and CRIED
."Oh. sister, l am here, Take met" at
;. then she turned bcr beaming eve upon hir
aud It was night, and the star was shniI
into his room. making long rays dow
towards him. as he saw IL through his tea'
- From that hour forth the child look'
upon the star as the homo no was to 90 I
when his time should come. as he thougl
! no did not belong to the earth alone, but
er tho star, too, because Of his sisters ang'
e, gone before. .........
. There was a baby born TO be brother
- the child. and while he was, yet 90 little tn
y he mover yet had spoken word. .he stretohl
bis tiny form cut on. bis bed, and died.
Again the. child dreamed Of the open
. star and Of the company Of angels, and 4
ID train of people, and the rows Of angels vi
y beaming eyes all ttrHed Upon thosS peopl
's' faces. -
It's Said his sisters angel to the leader,
ais my brother Gomez
"Not that one, but another" he said.