The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1875-09-16
Her black eyes danced about her.

| Her DldCK eyes Qanceu dpout uers
Near her was-a shelf. 0S 4
On the shelf stood what Violet sup,
posed to be an ink bottle. ~
TO toss the contents In the teacher'a
face was not very elegant piece Of res
lyenge, but 1t would make him look fun
Tny and cause a shout.
| She caught 1t in her hands. @
| "I'll set you copy before l 60, as
well as bad example, girls, ,"s she cried !;
and then the contents were dashed in
'Ds Alas! issvn'' ''w'V' ''w'V"'i Z EUGH j
! The result was not laugh-it was a
scream OF terror as the young man rolled
in horrible agony upon The fpor., a ~
| Mr.. Mum taught a class Of chemistry
| in the schO0LroOm ON Saturday after
! noon, and this Shelf was devoted to the
articles needful for the study.
1t was bottle OF some terrible acid
which Violet Raynor had taken In her
hand, and she had flung il full into poor
Henry Munn,s blue eyes. r
She was beside him on herknees now,
crying and praying, and vowing her ig-
| norance of the contents of the jar; aud
he amidst his agony iound voice TO as
sure her that he believed her before he
| lost all consciousness.
Eight weeks after this, a young man
lay upon the pillows oil the room in Col
onel Rayn0rs house. es3ayyaaG at
He was thin and worn, and there was
an indelible scar on his forehead, and
ONE OF his blue eyes was closed forever;
but matters we're better than had been
hoped for long time, for he had been
expected TO be utterly blind.
Beside him sat a young girl.
II was Violet Raynor
She was also little worn, and her
whole manner seemed altered.
Sne had been reading to him.
Now. m the twilight, she put the book
down and looked at him with tears in her
eyes.
. '"Mr. Num-" she said, 81 have wanted
to say something to you for long while,
but L feared TO agitate you. Now you
are so much better / must say 1t. II l
could live over that old school time, |
would be SO very ditferent-indecd, /
would. am SO ashamed of all that.
And as for this that have done to you,
l shall never forgive myself all my life.
l shall never be happy for an hour. l
never am"
''Miss violet,v said Henry, II beg you
will not reproach yourself SO much. Y ou
only meant to tease me, not to hurt me,
and then 1 shall not be blind. I have
UccH OOu iOt pudb udy, tudb
1 shall not be blind" 80.
She burst into tears. ed
"You patient angel" she said. "But
you'll hate me always, know. i de-
serve that"
.'Hate your" he said.
Then he paused. t-
~ shall never forget my gentle nurse - |
he said; "the kind girl, VINO has never |
forgotten me all these Weeks,S i
He took her hand. N'" -4H'
''If1 could do you some great good,n
she said; ''something to coinpens a tie for
the harm have done-but there is moth |
mg." t''
There is something. he said, then 4
sighed. -,t.'.,
''There might be something"
Then she blushed rosy red and knelt
down beside him. = 200 @4tksA l
"Will you kiss me, Violet?, he asked.
She kissed him once on his iips, audl
once on the red scar on his forehead. 4
Then Mrs. Raynor came in with his
tea and toast. 4
But Violet went to sleep happy that
night, aud Henry mad such a dream tnat
he thought he must be dead and in
And ia the spring the two were mar
ried. 9As
Violet Raynor was her fathers only
and could do as she pleased
with him; andjhe did not waItto die be-
fore he made her rich. ,4nas 1850 It'll
Wild nowf so 20. ts...isIt 1
Oh, dear, no. up,i As1a.I1A .fd 4
The sweetest, most lady-iike little wo-
man; and the TWO are as utterly happy
as nlOrtals may be. ~ fb ,74ll SA1 ei3-1'