The Lady of the Lighthouse

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Little Victor Vaughn, a blind boy, attracts the attention of Miss Hope, the "Lady of the Lighthouse," as she is called from her position as teacher of "The Lighthouse," a school for the blind, and she secures widower Mr. Vaughn's consent to educate the boy in the many things which blind people are able to accomplish. Having been kept in seclusion by his father, who did not wish the boy's affliction to become known, Victor is sullen, but under his new tutelage and new interests he is transformed into a remarkably clever and attractive little fellow. Victor's father visits the Lighthouse many times, and is more and more impressed each visit with the wonderful aptness and ability the pupils display. Gradually, Mr. Vaughn falls in love with the Lady of the Lighthouse. On a tour through the more wretched parts of the city in search of the many blind who are difficult to reach, Miss Hope. Vaughn and his son meet Gilroy, victim of an accident in the chemical works. They bring him to the Lighthouse Clinic and learn that his case is hopeless. In Mr. Vaughn's heart there is aroused a hope by Doctor Chear's words that his boy may someday be made to see. At a little festival given by the blind children Victor astonishes all by his beautiful voice, which Miss Hope delightedly promises Mr. Vaughn to have cultivated. At Christmas time Victor is operated on, and during his convalescence, Vaughn declares his love for Miss Hope. She accepts his proposal, and when the bandages are removed from Victor's eyes it is found that he can see. Awed by the seeming miracle, Vaughn whispers to his son of the new mother he will soon have, and while both send up a prayer of thankfulness to God, the Lady of the Lighthouse tells her little charges of the glad news that one of their number will no longer have to walk in darkness, and each little heart fills with joy as they sing the Christmas anthems.