The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1861-03-20
TIE TWO SISTERS.
nr sArrANlEL HAwrHoasr.

The following story, The simple and do
mss,ie incidents oi which may be deemed
hardly worth relating after such lapse of
time, awakened degree of interest a hun
Jred years ago, 10 a principal seaport OF the
Bay Of Massachusetts. The rainy .wiignl
'of an autumn day, pa rlor on the second
floor oil house, plainly furnished as be-
seemed The circumstances OF It's inhabitants,
the sea, and few specimens of Indian
manrfaclure, these are the only particulars
10 be presented in regard 10 scenes and
seasons. Two young and comeIy women
sal together by the 6reside, nursing their
mutual and peculiar sorrows. They were
the recent brides of two brothers, sailor
and Iandsman, and two successive days
had brought tidipgs of the death of each, by
the chances of Canadian warfare and the
TEN pestuous Atlantic. The universal SYM
numerous con1oling guests TO the habita-
ton of The widowed sisters. Several,
among whom was the minister, had re
NAMED until the verge of the evening,
when. one BY one, whispering many com.
Portable passages of scripture, that were
answered by more abundant tears, they
took their leave, and departed TO their own
happy homes.
The mourners though not insensible 10
the kindness of their friends, had yearned
k<,l l.ft IL IT,. II h,l
by relationship of the living and now more
closely so By that of the dead, each felt as
ii whatever consolation her grief admitted,
was 10 be found in the bosom of the other.
They joined their hearts and wept together
silently. But after an hour of such indul-
gence, ore of the sisters, all of whose emo
tions were Influenced by her mild, quiet,
yet not feeble character, began torecollect
the precepts of resignation and endurance,
which her piety had taugh, her, when she
did not think to heed them. Her misfor-
tunes beisdes, as earliest known, should
earliest cease to interfere with her regular
course of duties; accordingly, having pla-
ced the table before the FIRE, and arranged
. frugal meal, she took the hand of heI
companion
"Come, dearest sister, you haye not eat.
en- morsaI today" she said "Arise,
pray you, and let us ask blessing on that
which is provided for u.s."
Her sister was of lively and irritable
temperament. and the first pangs of her
sorrow lad been expressed by sh.ieks and
passionate lamentations. She now shrunk
from Mary's words like wounded sufferer
from the hand that revives The ihrob.
aThere is no blessing for me, neither
will ask it," cried Margaret. with fresh
burst of tears. aWould that it were His
will that might never taste food more"
Yet she trembIed at these rebelious ex~
pfsssions, almost as soon as they were ul-
tered, and BY degrees, Mary succeeded in
bringing her sisters mind nearer to the
situation Of her own. Time rolled on, and
the usual hour of reposs arrived. The
brothers and their brides entered The mar
fied state with no more than the slender
means which then sanctioned such step,
and =nnfederated themselves in one house,
hold, with equal rights to the parlor, and
claiming exclusive privileges in Two sleep
ing apartments contiguous to il. Thiiher
me widowed ones retired, after heaping
ashes upon the dying embers of the FIRE
and placing lighted lamp on the hearth.
The doors Of both chambers were left open
50 that part of the interior Of each and
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