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m No, she wanted him always to be 'blind, so that he could be dependent on her, and so that he should never know. It was the worst thought that ever came to her, She fell on 'her knees. "Dear God.Torglve my sinful wish and make him well again," she pray ed. "Even though 1 must lose him yes, even thought I must lose him." Plain Nurse Gregory, they called her at the hospital, and, for the mat ter of tha,, everywhere. She was one of those .omen whb&e beauty is in the soul. If .her features were pleas ing, it was in spite of thir irregular' ity, andjbecause of the goodness that radiated from tier. She had iever had a lover. She had.'had her(plainness drilled into her from .childhood. And- now now for the first time she felt deprived of her birthright., "Dear God, make him well."' she prayed, "even thought it kill me talet him see me,as I am." The days passed. The man on the bed was well; there was only the for mality of raising the bandage to be gone through. Then, on Tuesday morning, he would know his fate in a moment. And neither the nurses nor the doctors could prophesy what would be the outcome of that mo ment of suspense. "Nurse," said the man on the evenH ing before, sit down a moment. I want to tell you something .I'm in love in love with you. I " "If you talk like that I shall leave you," said Nurse Gregory quietly, though her heart was fluttering. But the man only laughed, and! then, stretching out his hand sudden-, ly, he found Nurse Gregory's and" took It in both his and raised it to his lips. "Nurse," he . said, "do you know what will be the first thing hat I shall do when I am well? It will be to ask you " he held her hand tight ly in his-"to ask jou to be my wife," Nurse Gregory could" not answer. Jler tears were falling, fast, and some thing in her throat choked her ut terance. v "You are crying!" exclaimed the man. "You are not angry with me. You love me? There is no one else?" "I love you, and there is no one else," she whispered, and then for-the; first time in her life she felt-a man's lips on hers. "I know I ought to have waited," he said. "If am blind, I shall be a blind beggar., at the street corners, for without my sight L can do noth ing. Ijshould not have, asked you until I am well. But I know that I shall see. I am sure of it God could- not be so cruel as to prevent me from seeing you:-" "Perhaps God would be kind," thought Nurse Gregory; but she said nothing. "But love is blind," he continued. "I love you, Elsie. Will you marry me if I get well?" "NOi" she cried suddenly. 'You must not think of it. You are just grateful. You you " But he actually laughed as she ran out 'of the room; for, despite the se clusion of his life, he knew when "no" meant "yes." "I wonder what has upset Nurse Gregory?" said the doctor to 'the night nurse as he met her outside the" patient's room. "Do. you know, 1. be lieve she is troubled about Mr. Gra ham. It's a bad case." i'You don't, think hell see, then?" inquired the nurse. "It will be a miracle if he does," the doctor answered. j When on the following morning the doctors had assembled in Graham's room Nurse Gregory was as serene as ever. The patient .sat is his chair toward the light,; his head upturned: only the clenching of his" fingers showing the tension of his nerves'At the. doctors bidding Nurse Gregory unfastened the bandages. One turn another? another, and they fell from his eyes, and .the-man leaped up and stretched out his hands to the sun light ' .