Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1880-09-09

the child, one that he bimsclf had read ia
tho old chronicles of monastcry--a story
full of deep poetry and feeling. 1t was
about that bird, that wondrous bird, that we
possess not, that no land eau call its own,
but which on clear miduights flies high
aloft above our heads, touching tho portals
OF heaven with its pinions. Men namo il
Caradirop. Whenever this bird lowers
its wings toward earth, sick man is made
whole.
"What of that bird, Enic?' asked the
mother.
The child hung her head shyly, and
would not reply. At last sho whispcrcd
| "Mamma, | have been praying God to send
down Caradrion to poor papa; now he is
suro to get well, 90 don't look SO sad any
moro, dear mamma"
Tho tears wellod into tho mothor'a Dyes.
She could not speak. Alasl sho feared the
father was already beyond oil hopo Of
recovery, and that tho end would como
Gro these swcot blue oycs roopenod from
sleep.
"Oood night, EfIic, good uight," sho
sobbed, as she replaced the child in it's
small, white cot, and hastily left tho room.
There was no change iu tho sick man,
he still bore the same stoney, immovublc
look.
SIS there any oltcraiion?" she asked tho
Doctor when he came for tho lirs. time
that night to SEQ his patient.
"Nonc," he said.
"And you can do ncihing2"
"Nothing; we must leave nature alone
Stay, open the window little; the air can
not harm him"
She did as she was bade
1t was a soft, worm night, aud tho
sweet scented air from without filled the
room. There was no moou. 'fhc hcavcns
were studded with stars, ind their mild
light shono down upon tho earth There
seemed nero pity iu this scene than ir the
one sho had bchcld that nom. This ,imo
she did not tnrn awsy. Some of it's pcncc
seemed to sink into tho wfe's breaking
heart, md led her thoughts wandering into
the past. She thought Of her young love
lpr the mau who now lay stricken and
helpless, Of the few gears Of happiness she
had spent at lis eide; and then shc could
pursue tho vein 10 further.
"SureIy, surely" she cried in heart an
gnish, "joy docs not die so soou.' She
turned her mind away from the all engros-
sing topic, and let her ideas wander
drcan'iiy; her long continued watches had
tired her mentally aud bodily. She knew
not Why, or wherefore, except, pcrchancc,
that Etc's question had recalled the old
story with new yividness, but her thoughts
rsn on about that bird cf health Should
he descend this night, whom of those who
lay i'll on Garth would he elect to benefit?
For ia this vast world cf sorrow and sick,
how many lay striekontcsiic her husband.
The da,ElnGs Of other hearts might be
dying How, then, would tho bird choose
between them? How, tell which life
was ncedful still on earth; which meet for
hcnven?
aud still tie sick man lay motonIcss.
As ;lIc young wife sa, thus, lost 10 deep
rcvcric, the hours wore on At last she
was aroused bya sound fom without, ns of
the rushing Of mighty winga. 1t came
nearer even mcaror, it seemed to approach
where she sat.
"lt is death who comes thus, 'twixt
g'oaming aud aawn TO seek his prize"
thought ;ac wife, and her heart turned faint
and sick.
Sit! The rushing continued; it cauo
closer. She !iataned bsca.less and awe
stricken. "vddcn? huge bird few ia
thiong!l the open n;nlo"; unhccding her,
nc winged S!iaight toward the bed aud
there GiigE,cd and rested himself from his
flight. lis mcn was lordiy, MS Of an eagle;
his pinmagd white as q swans; his move
mcn,s gentle So dovc. 1t was tho bird
Carad,ivu.
Tho vito sat in awcd silence; she
cared not speak or move But hone began
once more to beat within her heart: sba
laid hcr hand upon it to quiet its beating:
it pnlacd 50 loudly she feared lest thc
sound might scare the bird. lnmoyoble
her eyes were fixed npoN him as he bawcd
his long slender neck toward the Sufferer,
and Ibid bis broad beok upon the sick
mans lips. For several second. If breath
os5 anxiety to the watcher it rested there
as the bird d.ow forth tho solo ailment unto
himsolf. That ended, he flow away. On,
Oh, with thu asn,o rushing sound whcrcwith
he had cone; on, on till il grew fainter and
fainter as he flew further from earth The
wife ANY him mount higher 40 he daytcd
hcnycnward.
She could not coase to follow his flight,
her eyes were spcll-hounA on his dcpar.in.
iorni ior, a. yet, t'ic cure was 10! wholly
wrought sic know, and Who could say that
/, might not TAI! even now? SO She coa,in-
ocd gazing, and as she looked lie a;ars'
light grew fainter, then faded quito
\ rosy shimmer snffIstd tho East; 1T
Inst, - fiery splGndor, urrosc the SUI frou,
behind 0nnk Of gorgeous tinted clouds
tie had rctnrnca yet again from his nightly
sumbcr IN tho bosom Of paradiae. Aud