Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1855-09-21
Be Kind to Each Other.
"Bo kind 10 each other,
The nights coming on,
When friend aud when brother
ferchauce may be gone"

Go way, Willie; do hate TO be
teazed when am reading" said An
ME NJ, to her little brother. who
was begging her to set him drink of
water.
But. Annie. I cant get il myself;
and | am 50 hot and thirsty, please
do
81 tell you | don't want to 20 down
stairs now; can't you wait for Bridget?
she will he home SOON
%. why can't you get me some wa
ter?' cried the poor child impatiendy,
AMI bursting into tears. he threw him.
sell sobbing on the floor.
Il won't get you Il drink now. be.
cause you are so cross. and cry Tor it.
said his sister; and she tried to believe
that she WAS behaving very properly.
in furnishing her little brother for his
fretlulness.
Annie went on reading her book.
and soon forgot all about her little
brother Willie. who after crying bit.
terly for while, fell into n troubled
sleep.
His face was flushed, and the breath
came quick and hot from his parched
lips.
The children had been left 1T hom,
for a day with the nurse, while the
mother visited friend in the neigh
borhood. Annie was ten years old
and Willie was nearly Eve. She wa'
quite old enough to take charge ofhel
little brother. and amuse him; and thi'
she was generally quite happy to do
Tor Willie vas merry happy child
and loved his sister dearly. They al
most always were goodnatuled an,
happy; but sometimes Willie was fret
(ul. and sometimes Annie was selfish
and did not like t1 be- troubled, am
when she was cross, Willie was Ten
times worse than il she had been goo,
naiured.
After u long time. Bridget returne,
from her errand, and found Wilt
still lying on the floor asleep. Sh
took him up and laid him on his be-
in the nursery. When Mrs. NJ
came home, she found her little boy il
a high fever; he couldnot be rousc'
up. but lay in heavy stupor. ii
was Immediately put to bed. and ev
cry thing done for him that was tho
likely to relieve him. In the mornin,
he was no better, and physician WA
sent for. who pronounced him in
dangerous condition. He had all th
symptoms Of scarlet fever. and wa
quite delirious. Annie stool by, anx
lously watching TO hear the doctor
opinion; and when ne told her moth
er that the child was very i'll. an
would need the most careful attention
she could not help sobbing aloud
The doctor told her not to be frighter
ed, for he hoped her little brothe
would soon be well. Annie did nc
! cease crying ut these comfortin
, words; for she could not forgive hel
J self for unkindness to her brother. {
: how her heart ached when she though
Of her cruel neglect, and how man
times she said TO herself she new,
would be sounkind again
> For two days Willie lay in state
! great suffering; he did not seem ,
I know any one; even his mother, whol
he loved so dearly, called him in vail
: He never spoke again. and on II
1 morning of the third day he died.
Y No one knew. when Annie thre
: herself, with wild despairing cry. G
' the bed beside her dead brother, ho
0 hopeless and bitter was the sorrow
her heart; for she knew that new,
n again in this world could she atone +
h her cruel words. (those last words th
:. Willie had ever heard, SO cold,
II selfish and cruel. OIL that was indie,
|, the bitterness of death Ii he had o
y ly lived to speak to her, or tell he 70
It gave her unkindness-to give one ki
% Of reconciliation and Iowa, she thoug