I'd recognized him in the township, and again when he sprang for me; but his own mother wouldn't recognize him as I saw him then.

I'm used to rough work; but I fairly turned sick at the sight of him.
"I was hanging on the side of the table when Barker came hurrying down.
I heard my wife coming, and I ran to the door and stopped her.

It was no sight for a woman.

I promised I'd come to her soon.

I said a word or two to Barker--he took it all in at a glance--and we waited for the rest to come along.