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The Blind Brother: A Story of the Pennsylvania Coal Mines

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The narrative centers on a blind boy who works as a door attendant in a Pennsylvania coal mine while his sighted brother guides and protects him. A miners' strike and everyday dangers set the scene for disasters including a boy becoming lost underground, a breaker fire, a catastrophic fall, and a resulting trial that tests conscience and community ties. Through injury, legal consequences, and the shadow of death the story traces moral struggle, brotherly devotion, and the slow emergence from darkness toward physical and spiritual recovery.

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Title: The Blind Brother: A Story of the Pennsylvania Coal Mines

Author: Homer Greene

Release date: March 27, 2014 [eBook #45232]
Most recently updated: October 24, 2024

Language: English

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*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE BLIND BROTHER: A STORY OF THE PENNSYLVANIA COAL MINES ***

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.