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to me that she residence of the she could, and them entailed severe torture. Her parents tried various treatments, but the ailment did not respond to any, and the child became fed up with the remedies with which she was being plagued by her parents. Then, in a mood of desparation, one day, she ran away from her mother, who wanted to apply some medicine. "No mother,” she cried, "all these remedies have proved simply useless. I will no longer submit to their application. I will beg the. Promised Messiah to bless me with his breath. ". Amatullah Bibi has related then betook herself to the. Promised Messiah, as best there, with tears, she begged Hazrat Ahmad to bless her ailing and extremely painful eyes with his heavenly breath. "When the Promised. Messiah looked at me, he found that my eyes were extremely red, and I was in great pain. "He took a little saliva from his mouth on the tip of his finger, and this he applied to the eyes, praying the while in his mind for recovery of the child. Then he kindly placed his hand on her head, and exclaimed: "There, child, you can go now. By the grace and mercy of Allah, this trouble will not recur. ". Amatullah Bibi then told me that she never had any trouble with her eyes after 43