And when Betty refused I was so mean and hateful to her! Oh, Cousin Elizabeth, what can I do ?" Mrs.Sherman drew Eugenia into her room and comforted her the best she could, but her own heart was heavy.

She knew that Doctor Fuller had little hope of saving Betty's sight.
That knowledge threw a shadow over the entire household.

The great oculist came, and gravely shook his head over the case.

"There is one chance that she may see again," he said, "one in a hundred.

That is all.
Now if she could have a trained nurse who could watch her eyes constantly and follow directions to the letter--" "She shall have anything!" interrupted Mrs.Sherman.