The sun., 1862-05-14
CHAPTER II.

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W hlle there l. silence aud peace IN the house
"i ia" trccp-, AMI While the orphan slumhcr IN
TIE moonlight. the reader shall Il" briefly m-
tormed oi aiew respecting them
Eric WAS u nephew ci Mr.. trccps, committed,
a. was also his elder brother Roland. To the care
vi his uncle, 10y the diving breath OF his mother
| Mr.. trccp's only sister. The father ot the lads
had dad several months prior to their mother ;
| Heath.
H.. had hecn sick and unfortunate all his life
| and his children had only beauty good manners.
and unusual intelligence and amnbilv ui char.
act.r to recommend them. They were lett p.nni-
| less and NJ the mercy of their relatives.
Mrs Creep promised to bc a mother and friend
to the orphans. She pledged herself 10 rear
| them as She did her own and strange as it may
seem To the reader who follows out this story, ,hc
always maintained that she had been equal To
| her promise and she actually bcii,r,d hrulJ
when she said 80.
| MR. Creep had thrrc or four children Of her
own a, the time she took Roland and Eric but
| they were all very small consequently she had
10 opportunity at that time TO compare the treat
| mrnt Of other pcoplc', large children with her
| treatment Of her own She was not able, she
| Thought. To hire much hclp aud she therefore
concluded that il was no moro than right to en-
plov Eric IN n,indiuc- hcr babies and 10 civ, K,-
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| in the shop.
| Mr.. Green was prosperous shoe maker. who
employed n lar,,. number of men. and il was not
difficult to make Roiand pay well for his board.
Both Mr. and Mrs Green belonged to the church,
| AMI ,h., considcr.d ,h.ms,lv.9 very rol;,,inu.
| They wcrc ,io,out and mos, r.,,,,lnr in their at
| tendance upon all the prrpcr obsrrvances of re-
\ Urim. Would mo-, have missed ,,oin,, tn church
| on sunday. nor 70 nr,vor meeting THURSDAY cye-
| ming ,or ANYTHING short of absolute inahii,, TO
ret there. They taid grace at the table. had
| prayers m,rning aud evening, and were very
| strict in tlirir Observance of the sabbath
| In regard to Mr. and Mr.. Creep truth ,lc-
! mnud, that We should say that the former WIS "A
! man who had not vet disco, cred tina, it wasa
christians duty TO govern his augr, passions, 10
! Lc humble generous and un..itsh. AMI .nn,ilcr.
| Ate and rcstrctll towards ALL the l,nr "A, wrll us
the rich. ii. tried TO b. very pioi. toward ,,oI
| and To- tic far of hrathcn Iut iu hi, p.r,oual
! relation, with men ,pecially with nj. own hired
men. he was governed only i, th. selfish. hard
opprc,iye ma xims of the world.
Ii never entered his head that by grinding
| down the poor AM getting the most ont OF them
| Tor the least possible retuIn, hc was rcprUachins
| and insulting his Maker.
lie was an exactng and ovcrearing nns-
ter and wa, cncrectcally hated by bis
men, yet as he was sure ant prompt
! pay-mastcr, and as he always had plrn-
/ ~ ot work he never found any trouble
| ~ '''''i'N Nv NV We Wv ''iA' ~
| lis only answer to any complaint, or amy appeal
| tor higher pay was, I'll you can better Yourself
leave. II Is for yoT sake, not n"", that keep
You There was not a pulse IN 'recps ignohlc
SOU that by one nobi" throb protested against
such h'a'hehsn ptiltiple ui nifing iahorers.
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"', 0h w ~ "", , an o'"lsc, ''rlV
| per i"Cn' nii" ui'prssioh +" spiths soon began
I" Work mi''hi'l III ,h' 'on''huu'h !" ho'nIh'
Aon'h ny mont. ms checks grew more hollow
ana more pale Ills seat was ny the stove mat
warmed the sholi ana his poor p'ek was ilt'rai-
| ~ raNen'
Ills uncle did not CONSIDER II part o. hls
CHRISTIAN uu'y To Sc tha' .Ie place ~ which ms
men labmsd was " % eootnh husnail beings.
lie couih stand II very wen 'he lew minutes It
wdS necessary '9r ma W oc ''i'r', anu 'neh MS
E,ass surr9ulr'1, oilye wa wen aIr''i nh' even
~ warmcl, so what did he ear" about the work
snop iie hag seen t!e health OF several OF HE
~; uvop a,'' "a. ~. Una. was misfortune oil
.he,r own' ne I'll" ho' Nho" 'ha' he had anything
!" uo VII" IT,
:, They had died, to he sure, and left their fami-
lies paupers but what was that to Mr. Green
| brother at the kitchen door, /" How | wish 4
could have something that would taste as the
| things ma used to fix for us did. feel very
faint and hungry but, somehow l cannot eat
| anything aunt Creep gives us"
lyon hN have something real nice and good
if have to steal it, Rolla, said Eric rcsolutey.
bcrry lam that the rest OF them had for supper.
She forgot to lock the door, for in her life,
and we will eat il all up for her"
",Oh no, am afraid it will he wrong, said
Roland, who was very conscientious,
81 don't think il will he wronc ,t all 70
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