The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1875-06-10
ChiId.s Dream ola Star.
BY prcEEys.

ter who was child too, anu MS coil-
slant companion: These two usedto
wonder all day dong. They wonder
ed at the beauty Of flowers; they won
dered at the height and blueness of
thesky; they wondered at the depth
Of the bright waters; they wondered
at the goodness and power of God,
who made the world lovely.
They used to say to one another
sometimes: asupposing all the chill
dren on the earth were to die, would
the flowers, and the water, and the
sky be sorry.
i.FOr,a said they, 4the buds are the
children of the flowers, and the little
playful streams that sambol down
the hill side are the children of the
..Eaters,andthesmallest bright specks,
playing aa6idesand seek, in the sky
all.night, must surely be the children
ofthe stars, and they would all be
grieved to see their playmates, the
children ofmen, no more"
There was one clear star that used
to come out in the sky before the
rest, near the Church spire, above the
graves. 1t was larger and more
beautiful, they thought, than all the
Others, and every night they watched
for it, standing hand-in-hand, at the
window. Whoever saw it first cried
out, q see the starr And often they
cried out together, knowing 50 well
when it would rise and where. So
they grew to be such friends with it,
that, before lying down in the beds,
they looked out once again to bid it
good night, and when they were
turning round to sleep, they would
say: "God bless the STAR
But when she wasstill very young,
Oh, very, very, young, the sister
dropped, and came to be so weak that
she could no longer stand the win
dow at night; and then the child look
cd sadly out by himself, and when he
saw the star, turned round to the pa
tents pale face on the bed, Il sec
the STAR" And then 4 smile would
come upon his 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 looked out alone,
and when there was no face on the
bed, and when there was little
grave among the graves, not there
before, and when the star made long
rays down towards him, as he saw
it through his tears.
Now these rays were so bright, and
they seemed to make such beautiful,
shining way from earth to heaven,
that whom thc child went to his SOli-
tary bed, he dreamed about the star,
and dreamed that lying where he
was, he saw 4 train Of people taken
up that shining road by angels
And the star opening, showed him q
great world of light, while many
more such angels waited to receive
them.
All these angels, whowere waiting,
turned their beaming eyes upon the
people who were carried up into the
star; and some came out from the
long rows in which they stood, and
fell upon the peoples nccks andkiss-
them tenderly, and went away with
them down avenues Of light, and
were 50 happy in their company that
lying in the bed he wept for joy.
But there were many angels who
did not go with them, and among
them one he knew.
The patient face that had once
lain upon the bed was glorifed and
radiant, but his heart found out his
sister amongall the host.
His sisters angel fingered near the
entrance Of the star, and said to the
leader among those who had brought
the people thither:
is MY brother Gomez
And he-said: -"No.i' -
She vas turning hopefully away,
when the child stretched out its arm
and said:
80, sister, am here! Take met
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 toward him
as he saw it through his tears,
From that hour forth the child