Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1856-07-19

church music, and who could wonder ut it, poor
lassief Once or twice when she begged me to 90
with her, it had seemed to fill my heart with pain
almost; so how much more must it have excited
her who was all fire and enthusiasm She said it
made her feel happier and better, and more thank
full to God. Perhaps in losing one sense her en-.
joyment through the others grew more intense.
AT the end of these six years Harry Crofts came
home. lie was often at our house, and we liked
having him; but though Leittie seemed happy
enough, he was uneasy and Disconnected. !
have seen him stand beside the piano, and
never take his eyes off her by the half hour togeth.
or; but his face looked quite gloomy. AT last he
one day said to me 'Jane, arc you timid-I do
not think Lettie is? She seems strong and we'll"
| knew he meant more than a simple inquiry
after our nerves, aud | asked if he thought he had
found out a cure for my sister. lie turned quite
red.
"Yes, | believe l have; l saw an operation per-
formed in Paris on a girls eyes similarly affected.
1t was successful"
l said not a word. The prospect seemed too
good, too beautiful to be true! just at this min
ute Lettie came in through the doorway; there was
sunshine behind her, and she appeared to bring it
into the parlor with her. Are you here, Harry"
size Immediately asked.
1t was n strange thing, that although she neither
saw him nor heard him speak, she was ut once
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the hand and brought her to me. "Tell her, Jane,
or shall II" he whispered. / signe ed to him to
speak himself, which he did without hesitation.
"Lettie, have you courage to undergo an opera
ton on your eyes which may restore your sightr"
She clasped her hands, and such a beautiful color
came flushing up into her face-you would have
said it was an like an angels face, it changed SO
brightly.
ooh, yes! anything, anything, Harry, only give
me that hope!" said she, softly.
l looked at him questioningly to ask if he had
not better warn her of possible disappointment,
and he said at once:
"Lettie, l ought to tell you that this operation
may fail, though | do not fear that it will. For my
sake, Lettie," he added, in an undor-tone.
well, then for your sake, Harry" she replied,
with a low sigh. Even if it should not give me
back my sight, | shall only be as | am now"
They went out into the garden together; and,
from the earnest, gentle way IN which Harry talked
to Lettie, | know that he was preparing her for
what she had to undergo. She did not want for
courage in any circumstances, and | did not look
tor her being weak now"
The operation was performed during the folloU ".
ing week. Doctor Phillipson and Doctor Nash
were both present, but Harry Crofts himself did
it. His nerve was wonderful, Lettie behaved ad.
mirably too; indeed, nobody was foolish but myself.
My sister has her sight, now as good as | have.
For several weeks we kept her in n darkened- room,
but she was gradually permitted to face the light,
and the joy Of that time is more than words can
describe.
Harry Crofts soon after claimed her as his wife,
and really, to say the truth, nobody had a better
right to her. The report of tho singular cure he
had made, lifted him at once into consideration
and, as lie made diseases of :he eye his particular
study he is now as celebrated an oculist as DR.
Phillipson himself; many persons indeed give him
the preference. The operation, then thought SC
much of, is now of frequent occurrences; Lettie':
kind of blindness being no longer looked on a:
irremediable.
And this is all l need tell about our history; i
is not much, or very romantic, but am otter
asked about it. so ! just set down the truth.