The next morning Honer saw the blind man and his wife coming, arm in arm; they placed a letter in the mailbox, then left the place as they had come, arm in arm, without exchanging a single word with Honer...

Honer fell to thinking about this letter... To whom had they sent it? What was in it? Was it a complaint against him for his attempt to steal the pearl?

His eyes turned to the mailbox... and he formed a resolve. He must know what was in this letter. And that was no hard thing for him...

He opened the box and found the letter, addressed in the name of Dr. "Steiner" in Papeete... He felt no prick of conscience; he opened it over steam and read:

Dear Dr. "Steiner,"

"Could you come to this island to treat a blind man who places all his trust in you? Our house is near the shore, under a palm in which a bell is hung. We hope that your coming will be the answer..."

"Honer" understood everything, and replaced the letter with another letter, to his friend Kixon...

A month later the other swindler, Kixon, landed on the island under the name of Dr. "Steiner," with all the medical instruments and apparatus; he had covered his face with a beard and a pair of gold spectacles, and he wore elegant dress...

Coming off the ship, Kixon passed in front of Honer, but pretended not to know him; bag in hand, he made straight for the palm and knocked at the little door.

When the door opened, he was dazzled by the lady's wondrous beauty, but he betrayed no sign that might give him away, and asked in an American accent: Is this the house of Mr. Kennedy...! I am Dr. "Steiner."

Ella stared at him; she had not

believed that the great doctor would come.

She cried out: "He has really come, Richard!"

It was not easy for Kennedy to believe it, but he began to be convinced of the matter as

he smelled the odor of medicines rising from the bag.

Ella asked eagerly: "And can you really, Doctor, give him back his sight?..."

Kixon passed his hand over his beard and said with gravity: "We

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