The sun., 1862-04-04
ERIC'S FRIEND.
a. story sad ne Truth, aud rnlc ani color
less A. Rcnl Life"
DY AUGUSTA uERBERT.
CIIAPIER V.

grown n1ue the less hAri, hud his heart wa
harier-so he sAil, aul Jessie sometimes .earel
that this was true.
Several times the boy had come home th
worse ior strong drink, AMI at such times p,ui !
Jessie, almost in despair, woiH cry AMI pray |
hall the dismal night.
Matters hal grown worse anil worse In a.
shop. The men to whom Creep seldom Spoke |
civil word AMI To whom he never gave ho,i- |
dAy-slye the days that the Nation had dreal!
given to every man-A,,el him with a hatred
that was-at lcn-t in the mini. or som, Of them
taking form aui pointing toward. result.
The hou's was more quiet now. Death IA.
been at work there, one Of the clillrrn had die.
Of the Group, anI t1,r had boon taken, in on.
night to a home whor, they could have bette,
training than In the family Of me Crcops.
They were all sleeping in one broad, low bci.
four little face rosy with lie and health, an.
some Of them bright with beauty, when the me.
songrr--i flash OF lightning from sumnr,
sloui-passed over them AMI took away thei,
breath.
Their parents dli no, know Of what hal brrlll
sn them until next morning Th, thunderstorm
had not been long aud instead 81 rousiuE th
family it had but buricl all in deeper sic p--four
would not again awako-nOt TN the morning oi
the rcsur, ction.
When the father arose at sunrise, as was hi.
custom, he had strange impression, us If o'
SORROW at hand, upon his mini. lie had not Ia.
least faith in any such feelings and was Froyose.
that they should visit him
As he passed the trunlIe boil something pecu-
liar In the appcArapc. Of it's occupants arrested
hi. attention ard his steps. Freddy :" saiih",
hastily, "Johnuy Muty! Rosa :" ho wen.
and touched them. What drdi ,U dead
oh my God mother, mother wakc-Se are
left childless.'
Was itby visitatation of Goli Was 1t ir
judgement 1t is not safe to say. Romrmh.r
the tower Of Slluam, aud the Gnlilcans wh,,c
blood the king mingled with thoir sacrifices.
But one thing is certain, Jessie had hircl
chance for her life now that 50 large hurdc'
had been lifted from her shoulders
The Creep, had not been left ,hillless as, IN
Their irst frantic woe, they had icared. Bob DO,
anl Dsbhy still remained, AMI it was not Ion.
before new baby arrived.
Thi, at the suggestion of Jessie was NAMED
Rosa, for the little one that had gone forth
with her brothers aud her sister to the heaycnl,
Land.
For Rosa the first had been tn, Chief Evori,.
OF Jessie, AMI had repaid the girls iuulncss b.
the most exclusive affection. She loved the lit
Tie servant better than she dill her own mother
AMI used to cry TO sleep with her " dear Jcs,..
Mrs. Crecp did no. relish this, and ,he oblisr
the chhA ~ sleep in her room with the 9th,
children. The very Iht Of the storm there ha
been trouble about thi matter. Rosa had GREY
up and bestowed her pretty round body, all 70,
and dimplcd and soft, in Je,sc's bel-had cove
cd herself up head and cars 20 that imam Tee
toodeut sind her, she said But "mam CrceI
did find her, aud she extracted her, almost
you would a tooth, for the child stuck with a
her might, from the bed and carried her scream
ing and crying, down TO her own room.
1t wac long tim before the little creatuI
could get To sleep. Her mother stad by her VI
Ill he was gone, fearing that She might agai
Climb TO the surrut.
When ,he saw the little one lyin; In the row
form, all lrle,s AMI ooll, did shc remember Il
lasl nights event.
DID -Ae reflect that had ii not been for her u
kindness towards an orphan girl, and her jca
pusy of bcr, that Rosa, at least mi sht, have be
sparcdi
At first she was di,peased that the bcls in Il
garrpt had been untouched, while the prccio
sropcrs in her truudlc bel hal al been taken o
Ufhie.
But gradually diGoren, mood posse. he
anl her heart soitun2 toward, Mr s.h wrp h
~ loved and been 30 loyclhy "lru! uUls !,
sa."
IN many ways she allowed jessie 10 soc Il
she was kindly disposed toworl- hcr-whcn
was in gool humor-!or Mr.. Creep hai
TINES of feeling not very kindly di.po,cl towa
any one.
When the new baby entered upon the sta
and Jessie proposed giving it the name Of r.
il was given without hesitation.
The shock caused by the sudden taking aw
Of so many children subdued, for few wee
the disposition of Mr.. Creep, and there were sd
who began to hope that he was going to be in
ture a better man 20 deal with; but this hope
soon crushed. Nature revived within him "
renewed strength, aul times were worse Il
ever in the shop.
New Rosa was six month, Old the night
which Eric was kicked down stairs, The n.
made by that pous performance awokr her,
che rewarded her amiable mother for being
instisator Of such deed, by crying rcsout
SVr one hour by the clock.
Bob, who would willingly have split the W,
and saved Eric, blubberei too, in sympathy "
him, and Joe mlttered opinions not over co
Elementary 70 father, nor mother either.
There were elements at work in the C.l
family that promised well for the future of /
orphans.
Ericrose on the morning after hi, hcado
descent to the kitchen, with very still back a
sore limbs. But his mind had swcr,ensd
m.rkably in the night lie told Jessie as
started of to the shop that hO had forgiven
aunt and uncle. That good word was meat
.i,Ls all ia.