Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1873-08-01
a Chlld's Dream u ! star.
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1 There wys once q child. and he strolled
absut q good deal, and tioaght II number
or things. He had ster who was child,
too, and his constant companion. These two
used to wonder all day long. They wondered
4 at the beauty of the flowers they wondered
ut the heighth and blnncss Of esky; they
| wondered ut the depth of the bright water
they wondered at he goodness and power II
God, who made the lovely world.
They used 10 say to ore another, sometimes,
supposing all the children on the earth were
to die, would the flowers. and tile water, and
the sky be sorry, For, said they, the buds
are the children OF the flowers, and the little.
playful streams that gambol down the hill
sides are the children Of the water, and the
smallest white specks playing At the hide-and-
seek in the sky all night must surely be the
children of the stars and they would all be
greived to see their playna.ss, the children
| Of men no more.
There WAS one clear, shining star that used
| to come out in the sky before the rest. near
| the church splre, above the graves. II WAS
| larger and more beautiful, they thought, than
all the others and every night they watched
! for it, standing hand-in2hand, at window.
Whichever saw it first cried cut. II see the
| start ~ AMI often they CRED out both togeth-
er, knowing so well when it would rise and
where. So they grew to be such friends with
| it that, before laying down in their beds,
| they always looked out once again to bid 1t
| good night; and when they were turning
around to sleep they used to say, God bless
| the star T.
| But while she was still very young, Oh,
| very, very young. the sister dropped and
came to be so week that she could no longer
| stand in the vii dow at night ard then The
| child looked saGly out by himself and when
| he saw he star. turned round and said to the
patient, pale face on the bed. Il see the
star!'' and theh smile would come upon
TIE face. and little. weak voice used to say
"God bless my brother and the star -
And so the time came, all too soon, when
| the child Iookoa o. alol ., and when there
was no faes upon the bed and when there
was little grave among the graves not there
BEFORE and when the star made long rays
down toward him as he saw it through his
| tears.
Now, these rays were 50 bright, and they
| seemed to make such shining Way from
| earth to heaven, that when the child we'it TO
his solitary bed he dreamed about the star
ard he 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 OF light,
| where many more such angels waited to re-
ceive them.
All these angels who were waiting turned
their bean ing eyes upon the people who
were carried up into the stir; AID some
came out from the long rows in which they
stood and fell upon the peoples necks, and
kissed them tenderly, and went away with
them down the avenues of light, and were
so happy in their company that, lying in his
bed, lie wept tor joy.
But there were many angels who did not
60 with them, and one of them he knew.
I've patient lace that once had lain upon the
bed ;, as gl0rified and radlated but his heart
found out his sister among all the host.
His sisters angel fingered near the entrance
Of star, and said to the leader among those,
who had brought the people tllther -
HAS my brother come 2"
And he said. NO"
She was turning hopefully away, when the
child stl eched out Its arms and cried, -
lister. am herei Take me! and then she
turned her bealning eyes upon him, and II
was night and the star was shining into tile
| room, making long rays down tow rd him.
| as he saw it through his tears.
From that time forth the child looked out
| upon the star as on the home he was to 70 to.
| when his time should come; aud lie thought
| that he did not belong to the earth alone bat
| to the star, too, because OF his sisters angel
gone before.
There was baby born to be a brother to
| the child and while he was SO little thai he
never yet had spoken erd, he stretched his
| tiny form out on his bed and died.
Again the child dreamed OF the opened
| star, and OF the train OF people. and the rows
| Of angels with their beaming eyes all turned
upon those peoples faces.
| Said his sisters angel to the leadeI:--
ELIAS my brother come r.
And he said. mot that one. but another
AS the child beheld his brothers. angel IN
| her arms he cried, 10. sister | am here
| Take me T., And she turned and smiled up
| on him. and tile star was shining.
He grew to be a young man, and was busy
at his books, when an old servant camel to
! him and said:
..Thy mother is no more. I bring her
| blessing upon her darlins sum-"
| AGAIN at night he saw the star aud all he
! for pler company. Said his sisters angel TO
| the leader:
| HAS my brother conner
And he salI, .My mother -
A mighty cry nt Joy went forth through
| ali the star. because his mot er was reunited
| r. her two children. And he stretched out
| ms arms and cri, d, 20, mother, sister: broth
81. am here! Take me y Aud they an
| swered him. mot yet,' and the star was
| shining.
:. He grew to be man, whose mar was
turning gray, and he was sitting In his CHAIR,
| by the fireside. heavy with grief, and Win
| his face believed with tears, when the star
opened once again.
Said his sisters angel to the leader:
/ HAS my brother come r
| And he said, ssNay but bis maiden aauRu-
| ter" 80,
| And the man who had been the child saw
his daughter, newly lost to liims ceiest,al-
creature to those three, and he SAID. ny
| daughters head is on nay sisters pnson, anu
/ Ter arm is around my mothers neck, anu ~
| her feet there is the baby OF old time, ana l
can bear the parting from her, God De
praised
| And the star was shining.
| Thus the child came to be an OLD man anu,
] his once smooth face was wrlnkled, ana MS
| steps were slow aud feeble, and his back was
| bent. And one night as he lay upon ms PED,
his children standing around, ne cried as ne
cried so long ago -, a
They whispered. one to another, HE IS
dyingr' e..n
| from me like garment, and l move toward
the star as a child. O, my father, now 4
| thank Thee that it has so often opened 70
| receive those dear ones who wait me
And the star as shining, ana " sun
shines upon.his grave.
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