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Boston. A young lady living there found that her 

 eyesight gradually became worse and worse, and, 

 after a time, she adopted the sensible course of 

 consulting the best oculist in the neighbourhood. 

 To him she told her sad story. She had always 

 enjoyed good health until lately ; but now she could 

 neither read, nor work, nor play. Riding and driving 

 were out of the question, and she was in terror of 

 becoming blind. The oculist asked her about 

 several things, and suddenly said, " Put out your 

 foot." The request, strange as it was, did not seem 

 altogether disagreeable to her, for her feet were 

 small, and were incased in a delicious little pair of 

 French boots with, as a matter of course, heels like 

 little stilts. The doctor looked at it stolidly, and 

 then said, " Yes. Gro home and take off those heels, 

 and then come to me in a month's time, and we'll 

 see how your eyes are." She did as she was told 

 with a slight pang, it may be, but without hesita- 

 tion ; and gradually the eyesight became stronger 

 and stronger. At the end of the month she visited 

 the doctor to report improvement, and he explained 

 to her how certain nerves and tendons communicated 

 with other nerves and tendons, and how injuring 

 some injured the rest ; all of which she did not 

 understand, but gathered enough information to 

 comprehend that high heels develope unexpected 

 dangers. In this girl's case Nature was having her 

 revenge.' 



Here is food for reflection for us. Ill-treatment 

 of the foot will cause disarrangement in an organ so 



