This she now played with a sprightliness and energy which brought Andy to his feet, while the cowhides moved to the stirring music in a fashion which would have utterly confounded poor Ethelyn could she have seen them.
"Ethelyn's Mistake"
Mary Jane Holmes
Meanwhile, John, who was even more shy of Ethelyn than James, had been made the recipient of the elegantly embroidered slippers, which presented so marked a contrast to his heavy cowhides, and were three sizes too small for his mammoth feet.
"Ethelyn's Mistake"
Mary Jane Holmes
Does he wear his pants inside his cowhides yet, or have Alice's blue eyes had a refining effect upon his pantaloons?
"Bad Hugh"
Mary Jane Holmes