pintless

Updated: May 14, 2025

In the still unburnt rubbish at the right, some one had wrenched an opening within a foot of Sene's face. They clawed at the solid iron pintless like savage things. A fireman fainted in the glow. "Give it up!" cried the crowd from behind. "It can't be done! Fall back!" then hushed, awestruck. An old man was crawling along upon his hands and knees over the heated bricks. He was a very old man.

Elizabeth Stuart Phelps - Men, Women, and Ghosts