Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1870-08-12
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DREAM OF ASsTAR.

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of things. lie had sister, who was child
too, his constant companion. These two used
to wonder all day long. They wondered at
the heauty OF tho flowers; they wondered q.
tho height and biuencss Ct the sky t'iey
wondered at the depth of the bright waters !;
they wondered at the goodness and the pow
CT of God who made the lovely world.
They used to say to one another, sometimes
supposing all the children upon earth were to
die, would the flowers, water aud the blue sky
be sorry? They believed they would be sorry.
For, said they, the buds arc tae children of
the flowers, and the little playful streams that
gambol down tic hillsides are the children of
the water; and the smallest specks playing
at hide andscck in the sky all night must
surely be the children of the stars; and they
would be gricvcd to see their playmatcs, the
children of men, no more.
There was one clear shining star that used
to come out il, the sky before the rest, near
the church sprc, above the graves. 1t was
larger and moro beautiful, they thought than
the others, and every night they watched for
1t, standing hand and hand at the window
Whoever saw it first cried out, 81 see the
star! y And often they cried out together,
knowing SO we'll when it would arise and
whore. So they grew to be such friends with
it, that before laying down in their beds, they
always looked out once again, to bid it good
night; and when they were turning round to
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But while she was still very young, oh,
very young, the sister dropped and came to
be SO weak that she could no longer stand in
the window at night; and the child looked
sadly out by himscle, and when he saw the
star, turned round and said to the patient
pale face on the bed, 81 see the star !" and
then smile would come upon the face, and
q li,tlo uo"k roico uood TO soy, HGna hlass
my brother and the star 70
| And so tho time came all too soon when the
| child looked out alone, and when there was
no face on the bed when there was little
grave among tho graves, not there before );
and when the star made long rays down to-
wards him as he saw it through his tears.
Now, these rays were SO bright, and they
seemed to make such shining way from
earth to Heaven, and when the child went to
his solitary bed, lie dreamed about the star;
and dreamed that, lying where he was, he saw
train of people taken up that sparkling road
by angels. And the star opening, showed
him great world ofIight; where many moro
such angels waited to receive them.
All these angels who were waiting turned
their bcaming eyes upon the people who were
carried up into the stars; and some came out
from the long rows in which they stood, and
fell upon the peoples necks, and kissed them
tcndcrly, and went away with them down ay-
enues of light, and were so happy in their
company, that, lying in his bed, he wept for
joy.
But thcre were many angels who did not
go with them, among them one he knew
The patient face that once had lain upon the
bed was glorihed and radiant but his heart
found out his sister among all tho host.
issistcrs angel fingered near the entrance
of the star, and said to the leader among those
who had brought the people thither,
els my brother Gomez"
And he said "No'
She was turning hopefully away, when the
child stretched out his arms, and cried, 80,
sister, am here Take me I" and then she
turned her bcaming eyes upon him and it was
night; and the star was shining into his room,
making long rays down towards him as he
saw it through his tears.
From that hour forth, tho child looked out
upon tho star as the home he was to 90 to,
when his time should como and he thought
that he did not belong to the earth alone, but
to tho star too, because of his sister angel
gone before.
There was baby born to be q brother to
tho child; and while ho was so little that bo
never yet had spoken word, no stretched his
tiny form on his bed and died
And the child dreamed of the opened star,
and of the company Of angels, and the train
of people, and the rows Of angels, with their
bcaning eyes all turned upon those peoples,
faoe.
X Said his sisters angel to tho leader:
"Is my brother como 2"
And ho said, "tNot that one, but another.,'
AS the ,ohild bched his brothers. angel in
her arms, ho cried, 30, sister, am here
Take n,n y, And she t,,pned ond on,;loa ~.