beautiful blue she had so envied in her wicked moods, was burned out,
leaving only a blood-shot, whitish mass which would never again in this
world see her or any other object.

"No, shister," the little boy said, "I tan't see 'oo now. It 'marts some
yet, but bime by I see 'oo. Don't ty;" and the little hand was raised
and groped to find the bowed head of the girl weeping in such agony
beside him.

"What for 'oo ty so? I see 'oo bime by," he persisted, as Lucy made no
reply, but wept on until her strength was exhausted and she was taken
from the room in a state of unconsciousness, which resulted in a low
nervous fever, from which she did not recover until Robbie was as well
as he ever would be, and his voice was heard again through the house in
baby laughter, for he had not yet learned what it was to be blind and
helpless.

Lucy had said, when questioned with regard to the accident, that she had
climbed up in a chair to get some sugar for herself and Robin from the
bowl on the shelf of the sideboard, that she saw the cup of pepper and
took it up to see what it was, and let it drop from her hand, directly
into the face of Robin, who was looking up at her. Thus she was
answerable for his blindness, and she grew suddenly old beyond her
years, and devoted herself to her brother, with a solicitude and care
marvelous in one so young, for she was not yet six years old.

"I must be his eyes always as long as I live," she said, and she seldom
left his side or allowed another to care for him in the least.

He slept in a little cot near hers. She undressed him at night, and