He savagely attacked the three ties, chopped them into firewood, and piled them neatly, and then, walking upon his toes, he made a fire in the kitchen stove, filled the woodbox, the teakettle, and the water pail, sat out in the shade until he heard the kettle boiling over on the stove, took another peep in at Val, and then, moving as quietly as he could, proceeded to cook supper for them both.
"Lonesome Land"
B. M. Bower
With prodigious effort I chopped openings through barriers after barriers of ice.
"My Attainment of the Pole"
Frederick A. Cook
More ice must be chopped and put into the kettle.
"My Attainment of the Pole"
Frederick A. Cook