He was a tornado from the instant the ball was snapped-"an injia rubber idjit on a spree," and yet this mystifying wolf-cub from the hills came back to the coach in less than a week with an almost sullen face and announced shortly: "I hain't goin' ter play no more football, I aims ter quit hit."
"The Tempering"
Charles Neville Buck
I realize that I have always been a mystifying acquaintance and I'm sorry, but it is not possible to tell you my history at present.
"The Red Cross Girls with the Russian Army"
Margaret Vandercook
Maybe her ladyship had "registered a vow" never to syllable a name unchronicled by Debrett, or was actually only mystifying me for mere amusement.
"The Confessions of Harry Lorrequer, Complete"
Charles James Lever (1806-1872)