Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1872-11-07
A; Ghild's Dream.
BY CHARLES DICKENS.

. luSrt Was. 'OuSE o. .Cult01 'duu JIG
sttolled aboutasgood deal, and thought
of a. number of things. He had, q
sister, who was a child. too. and his
constant. companion. These two used
to wonder all day long. They Won
dered at the beauty of flowers they
wondered at the goodness and power
| of God, whq made the, lovely, world.
They used to say TO one another
sometimes: ".supposing all the chill.
dren' on the earth were to die, would
the flowers, and the water, and the
sky be sorry p" They believed they
would be sorry. For" said. they,
"the buds :sare, the children of the
flowers, and the playful little streams
that gambol down the hillsides are.
the children of waters; and the
smallest bright speeks playing Ct
hide and seek in the sky all night
must surely be the children of the
stars; and they would be grieved to
see their playmates, the children Of
men, ,.no more.
There wasa star that used to come
on the sky before. the rest, near the
church spire, aboye the graves, It
was larger and more beautiful they
thought than all the others, and eve
ry night they. watched for it, standing
hand by the window whoever saw
it first cried out:
9" T see the star.l'
And often they cried out together,
knowing so we'll when it Would rise
and where So they grew. to be such
friends with it that before lying. down
in their beds they looked out once
again to bid-it goodnight; anil when
they were turning around to sleep,
they, said
"God bless that star T.
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 then the child looked
sadly by himself, and when he saw,
the star, turned round to the patient,
pale face on the bed, and said. Z" l see
the star!" and then a smile would
come upon her face, and the weak
little voice used to say
"God bless my brother and the
star''
And SO tho time came all too soon,
when there was no face on the bed ;
and there was little grave among
the graves not there before, and when
the star made long rays towards him
who saw it through his, tears.
Now, these rys were so bright,
and they seemed to makesuch'a beau
tiful way from earth to heaven, that
when the child went to his solitary
bed, he dreamed of the star; and
dreamed chat lying where he wasf he
say train Of people taken up the
shining road BY angels. And the
star opening, showed him a great
world Of light, where many moresuch
angels waited to receive them.
Al the angels who were waiting
turned their beaming eyes upon the
people who were carried up into the
star; and soon came out from the
long rows in which they stood. and
fell upon the people snecks and kiss
ed them tenderly, and went away
with them down avenues of light,
and we're so happy in their company,
that lying in bed he wept for JOY.
His sisters angel fingered near the
entrance Of the Star, and said TO the
leader among those who had brought
the people thither >"
HAS my brother Gomez,
She was turning hopefully away,
when the,'child stretched out his
1 arms, and said-"O, eister,; + am
| here + take me and then she turn
i ed her beaming eyes upon him, and
then. it was night, and the star was
shining into his room, making rays
4 down toward him as he saw them
through his.tears, :
From that moment the child look-
ed out upon the star as one of the
homes lie was to 60 to, when the
: >Ietime should come, and he}thought he
did not belong to earth alone, put to
the star, too, because OF his sister g
angel gone before.
There was a baby born to be o
brother of the child: and while he
was yet SO little that he had never
spoken a word. he stretched his tiny
, form out upon the bed, and died..
Again tie child dreamed Of the
open star, and thecompany Of angels
and the train of peoples faces.
Said his sisters angel to the leader
HAS my brother Gomez"
And he said:
"Not that one, but another"
AS the child beheld' his brother.
; angel in her arms; he cried: