"Yes, to be sure; the danger's all over now," said the little old lady,
inwardly thinking--"If I hadn't a-come!"

"Well, then, the Lord wants him to," cried Polly, in rapture; "don't
he, Mrs. Beebe?"

"To be sure--to be sure," repeated the kind friend, only half
understanding.

"Well, I don't care about my eyes, then," cried Polly; and to Mrs.
Beebe's intense astonishment and dismay, she spun round and
round in the middle of the floor.

"Oh, Polly, Polly!" the little old lady cried, running up to her, "do
stop! the doctor wouldn't let you! he wouldn't really, you know! it'll
all go to your eyes."

"I don't care," repeated Polly, in the middle of a spin; but she
stopped obediently; "seems as if I just as soon be blind as not; it's
so beautiful Joey's going to get well!"

SUNSHINE AGAIN

But as Joel was smitten down suddenly, so he came up quickly,
and his hearty nature asserted itself by rapid strides toward
returning health; and one morning he astonished them all by
turning over suddenly and exclaiming:

"I want something to eat!"