Chapter I: Front Matter

THE BLIND BROTHER.

SUNSHINE LIBRARY.

=Aunt Hannah and Seth.= By James Otis.
=Blind Brother (The).= By Homer Greene.
=Captain’s Dog (The).= By Louis Énault.
=Cat and the Candle (The).= By Mary F. Leonard.
=Christmas at Deacon Hackett’s.= By James Otis.
=Christmas-Tree Scholar.= By Frances Bent Dillingham.
=Dear Little Marchioness.= The Story of a Child’s Faith and Love.
=Dick in the Desert.= By James Otis.
=Divided Skates.= By Evelyn Raymond.
=Gold Thread (The).= By Norman MacLeod, D.D.
=Half a Dozen Thinking Caps.= By Mary Leonard.
=How Tommy Saved the Barn.= By James Otis.
=Ingleside.= By Barbara Yechton.
=J. Cole.= By Emma Gellibrand.
=Jessica’s First Prayer.= By Hesba Stretton.
=Laddie.= By the author of “Miss Toosey’s Mission.”
=Little Crusaders.= By Eva Madden.
=Little Sunshine’s Holiday.= By Miss Mulock.
=Little Peter.= By Lucas Malet.
=Master Sunshine.= By Mrs. C. F. Fraser.
=Miss Toosey’s Mission.= By the author of “Laddie.”
=Musical Journey of Dorothy and Delia.= By Bradley Gilman.
=Our Uncle, the Major.= A Story of 1765. By James Otis.
=Pair of Them (A).= By Evelyn Raymond.
=Playground Toni.= By Anna Chapin Ray.
=Play Lady (The).= By Ella Farman Pratt.
=Prince Prigio.= By Andrew Lang.
=Short Cruise (A).= By James Otis.
=Smoky Days.= By Edward W. Thomson.
=Strawberry Hill.= By Mrs. C. F. Fraser.
=Sunbeams and Moonbeams.= By Louise R. Baker.
=Two and One.= By Charlotte M. Vaile.
=Wreck of the Circus (The).= By James Otis.
=Young Boss (The).= By Edward W. Thomson.

THOMAS Y. CROWELL & COMPANY,
NEW YORK.

THE
BLIND BROTHER:

A Story of
THE PENNSYLVANIA COAL MINES

BY
HOMER GREENE

_The author received for this story the First Prize, Fifteen Hundred
Dollars, offered by the_ YOUTH’S COMPANION _in 1886,
for the Best Serial Story_

FOURTEENTH THOUSAND

NEW YORK
THOMAS Y. CROWELL & COMPANY
PUBLISHERS

Copyright, 1887,
By THOMAS Y. CROWELL & CO.

TO

MY MOTHER,

WHOSE TENDER CARE AND UNSELFISH DEVOTION
MADE HAPPY THE DAYS OF MY
OWN BOYHOOD,

This Book for Boys

IS AFFECTIONATELY INSCRIBED,
BY THE AUTHOR.

Honesdale, Penn., April 6, 1887.

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER PAGE
I. LOST IN THE MINE 11
II. THE BURNED BREAKER 30
III. THE UNQUIET CONSCIENCE 50
IV. THE TRIAL 69
V. THE VERDICT 89
VI. THE FALL 109
VII. THE SHADOW OF DEATH 128
VIII. OUT OF DARKNESS 148

THE BLIND BROTHER.