When the wo-man saw that Je-sus knew all, and that she could not hide from him, she shook with fear, and fell down at his feet, and told him why she had touched him, and how that touch had made her well. Je-sus said to her, Be of good cheer. Thy faith in me hath made thee well. While he yet spoke to her, there came one from the house of Ja-i-rus, who said to him, Thy child is dead. When Je-sus heard it he said, Fear not. Trust in me and she shall be made well. And when he came to the house, he found a great crowd there, who wept and mourned the loss of the young child. Je-sus said to them, Why do you weep? She sleeps; she is not dead. He meant that she would soon rise from the dead, as one who wakes out of his sleep. But they saw that she was dead, and as they had no faith in his words they laughed him to scorn. Then he put them all out of the room save three of the twelve--Pe-ter, James, and John--and the fa-ther and mo-ther of the young girl. Then he took the child by the hand and said, I say to thee a-rise. And she rose from her bed, and had strength to walk, and Je-sus bade them bring her some food that she might eat. [Illustration: CUR-ED BY TOUCH-ING HIS GAR-MENT.] And her fa-ther and mo-ther knew not what to think of these strange things. Je-sus bade them tell no one of what he had done, and there was no need for them to speak. For there was their child, well and strong, once more the light and joy of their house, and their hearts must have been full of thanks and praise to God! [Illustration: THE DAU-GHTER OF JA-I-RUS.] When Je-sus went from the house of Ja-i-rus two blind men came near him and cried out, Thou Son of Da-vid have mer-cy on us. They said this be-cause they knew that he was of King Da-vid's race. Je-sus said to them, Do you think that I can make you well? They said to him, Yes, Lord. Then he touched their eyes, and at once their sight came back to them. And he said to them, Tell no man what I have done to you. But when they left him they went from place to place and told all whom they met how Je-sus had brought back their sight. And they brought to him a dumb man who could not speak be-cause of the fiend that was in him. And as soon as Je-sus cast out the fiend the man spoke. And all those who saw it were in a maze, and said, Such things as these have not been done be-fore in the land of Is-ra-el. [Illustration: THE TWO BLIND MEN.] But the Phar-i-sees felt such hate for Je-sus that they said that he could cast out fiends be-cause he had the help of Sa-tan, the prince of all fiends. Je-sus said to the twelve, Come, let us go to some lone place and rest a while. For the crowds were so great that they had no time to eat. And they went in a boat quiet-ly to cross the Sea of Gal-i-lee, where they might rest and take the food they were so much in need of. But as soon as the folks heard of it they set out on foot and went round by the shore till they came to the place where Je-sus was.