things, as music always does; and then she remembered that through their
whole lives these children must grope in darkness. She felt more
sorrowful for them than they felt for themselves. These dear little
souls, who would never see the sun, were very happy, and some of them
really supposed it was delightful to be blind.

Their teacher desired them to come forward, if they chose, and repeat
sentences of their own composing. Some things they said were very odd.
One bright little girl remarked very gravely,--

"Happy are the blind, for they see no ghosts."

This made her companions all laugh. "Yes, that's true," thought Dotty.
"If people should come in here with ever so many pumpkins and candles
inside, these blind children wouldn't know it; they couldn't be
frightened. I wonder where they ever heard of ghosts. There must have
been some naughty girl here, like Angeline."




CHAPTER II.

EMILY'S TRIALS.


At three o'clock the little blind girls all went out to play in one yard,
and the little blind boys in the other.

"Goin' out to take their air," said Katie. Then she and Dotty followed