Tode's

A sudden shiver ran through Tode's frame as he read the words printed on that card:

Three People 1841-1930 Pansy 1885

No country novice visiting the great city for the first time could have begun to crowd in the sights and scenes that revealed themselves to Tode's eager, wide-open eyes, in the same space of time.

Three People 1841-1930 Pansy 1885

Tode's happened, fortunately, to be much the stronger mind of the two; and besides, you remember the guide which mounted guard in his jacket pocket.

Three People 1841-1930 Pansy 1885

Three times did Tode's astonished eyes go over this commandment in all its length and breadth; then he looked up and spoke with deliberate emphasis,

Three People 1841-1930 Pansy 1885

Then did Tode's skill at making figures shine forth.

Three People 1841-1930 Pansy 1885

Tode's eyes twinkled, but he waited decorously for the laugh to subside.

Three People 1841-1930 Pansy 1885

A little gleam of satisfaction shone in Tode's eyes.

Three People 1841-1930 Pansy 1885

Tode's fancy for attaching himself to Mr. Hastings still continued in full force, and brought him bright and early on Friday morning around to the hotel, where he had last seen him.

Three People 1841-1930 Pansy 1885

Mr. Birge's prayer, though couched in language quite beyond Tode's reaching, yet closed with the to him wonderful sentence, "We ask in the name and for the sake of Jesus our Redeemer."

Three People 1841-1930 Pansy 1885

Ah! Tode's brain didn't know, couldn't tell; but into his heart had come the knowledge that between all the evil men and women in this evil world, and those pure eyes of an angry God, there stood the blood-red cross of Christ.

Three People 1841-1930 Pansy 1885