The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1860-06-09


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the lowest 7 and \. ere vss the hoas lyhoss
! windows we're dArkeped and the vaics Of
whose music was hushed under that fearfol
uyssesyf ~ dsasA 10 The fAnily.s Aud
whs vas dsad2 WAs ID q little eAild, .
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ID the househNldl
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| lietle fSss - is west ahaut ies kstle play--
| tAs snall haaa NTH its ealdea rings Of Aaip,l
| 6a,terine now hses nov there, 40 sunhean
Gatters around room, chased aud driven
by ~ yaetless shadows-the sweet laugh,
which aneeled cus sudasaly for ioy, sod
vas cASxhS MP and hidden il other voices,
which oaly laughed for joy Of the child's,
and the little, tsAsing. cnanins. frelick.
soue, .vess ways-wess ,Aess oil gone, and
was that What Is meant, this q death IN The
| family ?,' 49,. essz srsss Tsa
Was il lying still aad white ia asns dark
y k> ksR
the head Of the sradls. and the SCARLET dsess
with ,he white sprsa dsng acfosa The feet;
were shs little, 1aisty. 6n.tsrias hasds.
folded cold and warren % iss hrssst--ths
liisls hanas that used 70 fssssr sp every
night with JOY when the father came homs,
While the sssall lips would Be lifted up end,
crow ont for joy ss bis kiss--was the baby
lyioe there, the swees lips, the laashine
eyes, tho dimpled cheeks, % ssiIl and frose0
that the mother could not catch Il up and
hide It in her bosom, end warm IL with her
kissss hack into lifs? iass ars sa Ho4
Aud to-day nu.t they lay il down 10 its
last sleep, not on soft pillows, with dainty
coverlets drawn over lie dimpled shoulders,
knowing that in IN hour or tso there would
be new resurrection from the cradle OF
gladness and beauty; but laid down on an
other pillow that would meyer yield TO the
pressufe of the soft head. while the tender
hands Of April should fold lie green sovselst
over the fair limbs, and aching hearts and
fearful eyea should 70 away from the little
heap Of earth to the desolate homo Of which
il was written, death IN the fdmilu. 10 sas'fa9
Or, may be, il wss Of the mother that
this vas sritten. The patient, loving facs,
tho gentle voice, tho soft foot. falls-a all
game and oh What a blank apd darkpess
was there 10 the family uowp '"@A5 tAA ~
There Was her low chair in its old place
BY the table with tho work basket close by
it, but no little children would climb up
| with tears in their eyes, into her lap and
he huggcd to her heart few minutes, and
find snch comfort and .haaljng there that
they game down full Of smiles and gladness
no soft feet stealing up the stairs TO see
that the little limhs were spuglI "tpckcd
in n-no mother to toll some pleasant story
before bed time, and say, in her soft, coax.
ing way, sjust ten minutes longer, father"
when the clock struck eight, and tho eager
voices pleaded FOR only one more little
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draw OF the mitten, and remove the tippets
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