The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1872-10-24
MY BLIND SISTER.
Ill.

|. Doctor Philipson's opinien. vas the
same ~ that Of Doctor Nash, :, Lsttis
was not 90 7dovn.strioken ~ I had
dreaded che would be, aud she bads
goodbye to Harry Crefts almost cheer
fully when be went up to London.
"There, jane, now I hope he'll for.
get MI" { she said to me; Il don't like
to see him 50 dull"
That day Mrs. Davis sent her = tick.
ct for concert At the Blind Institution
and she went. When she came home
to tea she told me that the boys and
boys Who sang looked quite happy and
con tented. "And Why should I not be
so too what 4 number Of beautiful
sights I can remember which some Of
them uever saw! !" sho added, With =
Sigh.
After THU, impsrceptibly, her sight
went; until I noticed that, even in
crossing the floor, she felt her way be-
fore her, with her hands out; Doctor
Nash again offered to use his Influence
to get her admitted into the Institu-
ton. but she always pleaded "Let mo
stay with you, Janey~ r. and had, not
the heartsto refuse; though she would
have had more advantages there, than
I could afford her.
Not far from Us there lived an old
German clockmaker, who was besides
musical, and acted ss organist At the
Roman Catholic Chapel in tho town.
We had known HIM ell our lives: Lot.
tie often carried him posy from ouz
garden, and his grandchildren oame ia
me for patches to dress their dolls.
Miller was grim fantastic. looking dg.
ure, but he had heart Of pure goll
He was benevolent, simple, kindly il
was bis talk that reconcifed Lettie
more than anything else 70 her eoddi'
tion: He was poor, yet SO sat,sded
50 afflicted, yet unrepiuing.
"Le.ro musio-I will teach thee,'
be said to my sister. 50, sometines il
oa, little parlor,, aud sometimes il his
hs gave her lessons in. ans sacred
pieces from Handel and Haydn, AM
taught her to sing as they sing il
ohurohee-vhieh vas gr.uder than ou'
simple Methodist hymns. 1t NJ
great delight to listen to her. Il seem
ed :, if she felt everything deeper i
her heart, and expressed i better thai
before, and it was all her consolation I
draw the sweet sounds ap Up oat i II,
we'll feeling which love had iopnded
1TK6ow That, TO fsnshSeFf r. how =assr
loved her, gave tenderness : and p,
tieass- so;her: suffering el1hishA Il iseul
else ! have i lacked: : Ishe, ! xho,. 9, pssd q to b
20 quick with. her ,toaRue.s ne1srs sse,y
anybody sharp wordeoys-
I do not say much about our bein
poor, though Of course, that could vao
but b; still ve had. friends who %er
kind to US even :Mr.. Davis, .otteped
aud mentioned to me under seal Of %,
6deaee, that, i'll could not, quite, IA,
up the rent she woald lnot 'Jpress me m,e
bat fortunately I had not to claim be
forbeassncs, OF else I o1fe.f1 she coul
not h.tSborne the loss ef-a sizpeno.
and wksn issksd 1ousss ssoahe point, v
should shass Ed other. !; 81
va. 90 vetySt Stoad lssassy,Tpo poor v;om.,
j. Lettie ssssd g. g. ~ 81 sstitutio
Il someslmest css.sEs - - sEuo0
knit, and not 40 1ears bssfs s,wor|
e,a.,.estor; .-better. n,y.r live
y Il tindsr.sossl1 g po'o't' III h.f n
Eksssf s. sit. 4 g e! - i.klpg. ns'
asaetAsr thing .ssd a. - 7 k,sit.Ssolt
seats foe hineef and ht bcy..i seth
.ltoaxsssheff .be' osontri'vsdd 4 % hlfS
h most what kept her: Now that (
calamity hid really como, it Va. q
y hall 2 dreadful :. !, ,,'t q I'D scanned
long w Of. Lsettie w,s mostly che
81 - fal. I never heard h.r. spnpl.ia, l
she used 70 ~, oftsa, that th,ts !
=, much to 80 thankfal 70, With %. s
q. had : quiet religious fseling,as Vii
8 kept hsr from nelanehol snad ,thdsa a
81 / did not find II out until afts satds
= hops ths. psrhaps her afdietioa nj,
sons day b removed. Harry hsd