ask questions.

"What can you tell me about the inhabitants of Utah?" said she.

"I know," spoke up a little boy with black hair, and eyes which would
have been bright if the lids had not shut them out of sight,--"I know;
Utah is inhabited by a religious INSECT called Mormons."

The superintendent and visitors knew that he meant _sect_ and they
laughed at the mistake; all but Dotty and Flyaway, who did not consider
it funny at all. Flyaway was seated in a chair, busily engaged in picking
dirt out of the heels of her boots with a pin.

Horace was much interested in the atlases and globes, upon the surface of
which the land rose up higher than the water, and the deserts were
powdered with sand. These blind children could travel all about the
world with their fingers as well as he could with eyes and a pointer.

The teacher--a kind-looking young lady--was quite pleased when Mr. Parlin
said to her,--

"I see very little difference between this and the Portland schools for
small children."

She wished, and so did the teachers in the other three divisions, to have
the pupils almost forget they were blind.

She allowed them to sing and recite poetry for the entertainment of their
visitors. Some of them had very sweet voices, and Mrs. Clifford listened
with tears. Their singing recalled to her mind the memory of beautiful