direction of a
ship at anchor in the stream.

Their manner indicated that they were strangers in the city, uncertain
of the location they were in. They would move slowly up and down in
front of the house, then pause and listen to the music, the tripping of
feet, and the sound of merry voices. 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. If I only gits some news from mine poor
Tite, Critchel, some shoy comes t' mine poor heart." And he shook his
head as he said this, and leaned on his staff, and tears coursed down
his wrinkled face.

The old man was overcome, and had no power to restrain his emotions. It
was several minutes before he regained control of his feelings. Then he
raised his head, and wiping his wet, dripping beard, he pointed with the
fore-finger of his right hand upward, and resumed: "Critchel!" said he,
in a tone as decided as it was touching, "Critchel! if tar pees un shust
Got, un I knows in mine heart as tar pees un shust Got, He come to mine
aid, unt He shows he pees angry mit t' man vat shays he pees mine
friend t'tay un prings shorrow into mine house to-morrow."

"God will make a just reckoning with us all--depend on that, Hanz,"
replied the other. "But it will do no good to stand here. We must wait
until to-morrow." And the two old men proceeded up Broadway and were
shut from sight in the mist. It will hardly be necessary to tell the
reader that