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birthday of our Lord, the blind receive their sight."
"It is a triumph of faith,"' said the saints reverently.
"A miracle," murmured the nuns, making the sign of the cross.
"Not a miracle," replied the wise doctors, after they had first consulted their books: "it is only the electrifying of the optic nerve."
But hardly any two could agree, and what was so mysterious at the time is no clearer now.
"Dear little Cristobal," sobbed the broken-hearted Jasper, "how could you forgive such a wicked boy as I?"
"It was very easy," replied Cristobal, "when once the Little Jesus called me 'brother,' and bade me pray for you."
"Oh that I could repay you for your won-
