The sun., 1862-05-14

SENSITIVE a. tu MS looks, hating short hair ON
every holv and most ni all ON him.clf bur his
ears, which were large AMI the ,ll,st made feature
he possessed sci cut yer, much form hi. heal AMI
gave To- hi, whole Appearance q ,ur.t cnnirll
look. The shame nnd rli.ru. the lorr huN WHOM
hi. locks were shoru were uuspcihLhr, lie had
to be heat before lac would show himself nnnn., the
men. iur ErIcs place was now in the sh,c--hup
Tie would not - iu SUNDAY Nchur nor tn church
iut nearly twu months. Mrs Creep llI not
mind tins, she WI, puitc willing that lac should
kr.I out OF peoples sight.
Eri, often thought and with reason. that hal
/, n"t been Tor his aunt his uncle would have
treated him with IN It, kiuinr,., aud would have
Jet HIM h'fcr. On several occasions hc had
| beard Nlr. Creep st,iu. to hi, Wife YOU >huild
allow the boy ii lr wants to eat. surely there
Is food enough.
"Ot course, Wa the reply want lin to
have all hc u,cls--,uu ,crtiul, cannot accuse
H- per'er, 1t Nou will pay proper attention Nou
W.. r. mark ns You 90 ou Oroul.h life that the
persons most 10. cl fnr certain faults are the ones
Vito most confidently appeal tu every body iur
witness that they, ot AL parsons. are mos, tree
from thcr) oi limiting ANY ones iood. But
these growing hiss never seem to- know whc II To
stop eating some oi them Rob and Joe don;
ei, rs most ho,s do, hu' ! really believe tina,
Erie would stun himself tn death II dM not
watch huu, and take things away. c,mt allow
the hoy to hill himself right h,lurc my cvcs,
can II"
"Wcll we'll, SUPPOSE vou know lcst about
household ma,tcr~--ptly hate to hcar people
/ say they are hungry
Mrs. Creep hat hv tins time something ol an
opportunity to remark had shc been 81 inclined,
that tho treatment which one bestowed upon her
own boys was quito different from that which
shc had considered good enough for Eric. Bob
was now a. oil rs Eric had hrcu when iir.t
ho came under the maternal uc ut aunt Creep
los WIS hut ei i;htccu months Younger.
Mrs. 'rcci had thought il sufficiently mother
lN T." pack Eric uil into the ,nll. lark sirrrt,
tu keep him entirely out ol school to wait on her
and the babies aud ip rlp,hc him IN second d-haud
garments. which being nearly worn ont when
purchased for him were, =, u matter ui course.
,lit into rag, In a week ~ So when hc was r,lcd
At with out mercy a. "thc most destructive
Young one that rttr lived" Every Measure
as well asever, privilege, was denied him. moi,
perhaps from any design to make him miserable:
hut from an utter want Of sympathy with the
wants of his childhood. 4" Boy, were pcsrr.
unless Obliged to b. useful. What reason had
Eric To- complain bccaus" he was kept at work,
and made to behave himself
This satisfied Mn. Crccps conscience in regard
to III. boy. She commended herself ior all tho
restriction, priva'ion, AMI wrc'chcdncss she
brought upon the orphan.
she hld don, her duty hv HIM To the utmost
oi her ability, she said, and fH
lhiS opinion ut hers might have been less
strange had she not taken, with her own boys,
course ~ directly the reverse oi that pursued
with Erie.
As soon as hob and Toe were old enough To- at
tend school She was struck with conviction that