The Yankee Champion — page 198: what you’re looking at

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THE YANKEE CHAMPION. 191 that he would expose the villain and secure the chil- dren. | But while Luke Soper stood thus, with various emotions alternating in his mind, who can paint the feelings of old Jacob Maynard, as he held his son and daughter to his bosom? “You told me she was blind?’’ he uttered, in ear- nest tones. ‘So she was when the young man last saw her,”’ said the Quaker, before Walter could answer. ‘‘But she’s blind no longer. A man well skilled in such matters lives not far.from here, and I got him to see the girl. It was but a thick film that had grown over the eyes, and he dextrously removed it. That, friend Nixon, was the errand I had been upon on the day that thee was so inquisitive. The doctor knew not then that he could remove the difficulty, and | would not raise thy hopes without good cause.’”’ Luke Soper’s deep contrition, and the unswerving faithfulness with which he had watched over the children, were ample reasons for his forgiveness, and he was blessed. ‘“Now, Jacob Maynard,’’ said Nixon, ‘“‘I will give you the miniature, but in return you shall give me this,’’ taking Helen’s hand. The old father and mother were too happy to | speak, but when they saw the soft love-light that beamed in the eyes of their daughter, they knew that her own happiness was locked up in the keep- ing of him who had so truly brought about the pres- ent hour of bliss, and they gave their beautiful child into the keeping and care of Walter Nixon for- ever. Darkness could surround her no more, and Gomicboo ¢s) (E(@) mn