The sun., 1862-05-14


ton OF dishes nnl perhaps tn Iu all the work
/ that should have dccn done during the day. Bu,
Jessie did not mind that, 30 long ls -ic could "a
swiftly on. unscarcl AMI unhinlcrcl Ly the cri, !
| Of three W iunr fractions halics.
II never took her very lpns to make ready for
Eric and for that pleasant stolen hour up in the
garrct.
Stolen. frr hal Mrs. Crccp known tlh, these
children were in the habit Of ,rdv'n, crn,i.s anl
cndangcring the Creep rnansion--'hc house ut tho
Crcrps for hundred years, buillrl long heturc
the city had reached so far and still haN Ing nhout
il marks ot its ancient country grandeur, large.
strange luoking rooms within and cnurmou. cns
and catalphn trees without, rendering il a great
atra,' ion tn the eyes of p,sscrs--thcrc is no saw
ing what III" woman would have done. One
thing Is sure. she would have Put sudden, fnal
end to their cu Invmcnt.
liut an inlul;cnt Providence watched over
this treasured hour IT tho lone orphans. and il
wa~ never discuN cred ~ disturbed.
Sometime. the tender conscience or rI,.sic trou.
blrd her + little ~ to the matter h,i she finally
cnnclu''rd that this was one oi the things tina, /,
10 sin npi,ss Uis T,tpI oW
This was The time that Erie took 20 make
confession oi his faults duriu., the dav. The
p"r lad was prcs@cl hv many temptations
that his falling from grace was frequent, anil
would probably have quite discouraged him hni
1t not been for Jessie.
The men are 80 tcrnicn'ng There isn't on,
hut Joe Bunker who j. decent. They say ,hc,.
can never bc nnVhnlN--that all there l. fr
hgR j. to work and lr,lgc till they die. for the
sake oi making men like uncle Creep rich. And
so they Wont Try to bc ANYTHING. They Just act
ont their feelings whenever they larc to aud
rln tell YOU, Jessie, they feel hateful anil wick
cl enough YuuN NJ ira how dreadful ii. to
hear them talk. | swear sometimes when I am
with them. Help il can't. IT | WA to die
The, get cross and abuse me and quarrel with
each other. Then uncle IL 80 mean and cross
that II almost makes me si,k To have him speak
to me.
'l.o>c y"ur enemies bless ,hor that rrrsc
vou; pray ior those thai drslitclullv use you or
prrsccut" you that We mav hc the children Of
Your Father in Heaven, read Jessie from book
in her hlul
"oh, in :" calculated Erie. with a groan.
How cdp fellow | try to rr,v that God
will he with aud help me. bat when uncle AMI
the men are round il seems almost as If thcr.
W., no God, or that he Is 81 far away that h.
don't help any. I'm afraid do hate uncle, h,
makes me ten times ma,hlcr than aunt does. for.
,ou know, she j. not my real aunt. and don't
care whether she likes me or not. l,ut h. ought
to treat me we'll, to scui me to school, to he Mind
to me. II makes me mad IN minute to have him
jaw a' me. TN certain TO answer sauciiy, aul
then hc strikes me. u, Jessie. | shall have to
run away from here II ever | am TO lie good, Ike
vou and Roland
When Eric had talked himself weary, aud 20,
10 cry ing, ~ was generally the ease with the
weak, nervous child, Jessie took up the talk
And she never failed To minister the needed help
AMI consolation to the mind diseased and over
wrought.
Small and young as she was, she had learned
many lessons that iull-grown women often fail
1, get hy heart
Her tower Of strength, her rock of refuge was
in God, and she always led her dear Eric to fni
r.li.i from ali his troubles, and iorei> >cness Tor
all his sins.
Mr.. Creep lived mp TO certain rules he had
though he understood little of principles. lie
had one rule which caused him to talk upon th.
subject oi religion" 10 his household every Sab
bath Da,.
II was well for his sclf-lo,c that he did not
think II requisite To- examine as 10 the effect
produced upon them bv his discourse.
Every child in the house. Jessie not excepted
dreaded the iui,iction; hut as Mr.. Creep felt IL
to he "du,N, there was no escape.
Mr. 'rcep had thi, real virtue, whatever he
really felt io hc his duty he would cndea,or 10
do. II was the salt that saved him.
Sunday was the onl, time that family worship
was conducted in the Creep household.
There was SUPPOSED to be- no time for such an
exercise On week laws.
Mr.. Creep hii never heard. or he had no faith
in the proveri, " PRAYERS and provenlcr hinder
no man
i was not particularly moving nor instructive
to hear Mr.. Creep read ur pray lie never could
tell what chapter he read last unless his mark
was there, thus showing how much attention he
paid and how he remembered what he read
Ills hf' WAS in shpc-shop. of course his
thoughts and conversation would not be- much
on ANYTHING else.
u wa- hard and heavy work Tor Mr.. Creep to
pray.
Ana every sunday year after year, h" said
precisely the same wYcls. II would, perhaps.
Ice III nnurtd to say that he probably composed
those 'cniimcn'o ind committed them lo memo
rN but II really lil not seem unlikely.
lie was known once during a time Of great
religious interest, to attempt u departure from
the old ruts which he had 81 deeply worn tina,
now hc rolled along through them without
n Jingle mistake, albeit thinking all tho while
of boots and shoes. Bu, the sound of u new
sentence scared him, and he rushed wildly about.
like spider over hot stove, until he iounced
once more into the familiar track which he never
lett again.
fric, hn'elng near to Jessie. gave her
pinch nearly caused her 10 scream w,ih laugh
ter. II was wicked, perhaps, In the boy but
nv ,"uHh, ne was pf"'es'iih'ted 10 10 II, anu
'ou'" ho' Yep IT. i
W"u'l nave n'Fh more h'atN riSht had |
,'sS' ''.' w, !" e,'cNrI 'vr ,lc SAKE o' 'hfs-
~, ,'''' ,"u'n no, pray h,''t hW, We don
Sa,h P'rnc'ioh 'nt our Jessie i"sihcs sue |
h'u '"eu''l '"' seeing 'hihs7 III th'lf 'udictous
'sp'''
nl!' wen lo' h's 'hal cue han'
~, ne'"'n' 80 h''lhI Interested ~ hiS studies
'n'''i we "'''''S NAV ne frequently s'o'e away
''"," we sn"' ",'a hN' 'h't':
As ne r'luS'" 10 a'onh, i"t ms prolonged alb