Jack liked that ; it was a gentlemanly way of doing things , and he showed his satisfaction by smiling all over his face , and giving the big , white hand a hearty shake with both his rough ones . The doctor was a busy man ; but he kept them some time , for there were no children in the fine house , and it seemed pleasant to have a little girl sit on his knee and a bright boy stand beside his chair ; and when , at last , they went away , they looked as if he had given them some magic medicine , which made them forget every trouble they had ever known . Next day the kind man came to give Nanny her chance . She had no doubt , and very little fear , but looked up at him so confidingly when all was ready , that he stooped down and kissed her softly before he touched her eyes . ` Let Jack hold my hands ; then I 'll be still , and not mind if it hurts me , ' she said . So Jack , pale with anxiety , knelt down before her , and kept the little hands steadily in his all through the minutes that seemed so long to him . ` What do you see , my child ? ' asked the doctor , when he had done something to both eyes with a quick , skilful hand . Nanny leaned forward , with the film all gone , and answered , with a little cry of joy , that went to the hearts of those who heard it , ` Jack 's face ! I see it ! oh , I see it ! ' Only a freckled , round face , with wet eyes and tightly-set lips ; but to Nanny it was as beautiful as the face of an angel ; and when she was laid away with bandaged eyes to rest , it haunted all her dreams , for it was the face of the little friend who loved her best . Nanny 's chance was not a failure ; and when she saw the next dandelions he brought her , all the sunshine came back into the world brighter than ever for Jack . Well might it seem so ; for his fifty dollars bought him many things that money seldom buys . The doctor would n't take it at first ; but when Jack said , in the manful tone the doctor liked although it made him smile , ` It was a bargain , sir . I wish to pay my debts ; and I sha n't feel happy if Nanny do n't have it all for her eyes . Please do ! I 'd rather , ' -- then he took it ; and Nanny did have it , not only for her eyes , but in clothes and food and care , many times over ; for it was invested in a bank that pays good interest on every mite so given . Jack discovered that fifty dollars was far less than most people would have had to pay , and begged earnestly to be allowed to work for the rest . The doctor agreed to this , and Jack became his errand-boy , serving with a willingness that made a pleasure of duty ; soon finding that many comforts quietly got into his life ; that much help was given without words ; and that the days of hunger and rags , heavy burdens and dusty ash-heaps , were gone by for ever .
The happiest hours of Jack 's day were spent in the doctor 's chaise , when he made his round of visits ; for while he waited , the boy studied or read , and while they drove hither and thither , the doctor talked with him , XXXXX an eager mind as well as a tender heart and a brave spirit under the rough jacket of his little serving-man .
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