The shadowy figures seen flitting
through the curtains seemed to bewilder them. Then, after consulting
together for a few minutes, and as if armed with some new resolution,
they would ascend two or three steps, as if intent on seeking admission
to the house. Then their resolution would seem to fail them, they would
hesitate, and return slowly and reluctantly to the sidewalk.
Then he of the staff stood in the shadow of the street lamp, and as he
did so his kindly but wrinkled face, his white, flowing beard and hair,
reflected in the dim light, formed a striking picture of age made
touching by sorrow. Then his eyes brightened and his lips quivered, and
after looking sorrowfully up at the scene before him for several
minutes, he motioned his companion to him, laid his trembling hand on
his arm, and said:
"Tar pees no shustice in dis. He prings shorrow hinto mine house, unt
shust now his house pees full of peeples what rejoices. I gits mine
preat mit t' sweet of mine prow, so ven I ties I ties mit mine
conscience so clear as I shays t' mine Got, ven I meets mine Got, dar
pees no tirt on mine hands.
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