Jack told him , adding , with a manly air , as he showed the money , ' I can pay you , sir , if fifty dollars is enough . ' ` Quite enough , ' said the doctor , with a droll smile . ` If it is n't , I 'll work for the rest , if you 'll trust me . Please save Nanny 's eyes , and I 'll do any thing to pay you ! ' cried Jack , getting red and choky in his earnestness . The doctor stopped smiling , and held out his hand in a grave , respectful way , as he said , ` I 'll trust you , my boy . We 'll cure Nanny first ; and you and I will settle the bill afterward . ' 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 XXXXX bought him many things that money seldom buys .
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