Some egg other than Peter's was nesting on the open ledger spread out on the Receiving Teller's desk-not an ostrich egg of a head at all, but an evenly parted, well-combed, well-slicked brown wig, covering the careful pate of one of the other clerks who, in the goodness of his heart, was filling Peter's place for the day.
"Peter A Novel of Which He is Not the Hero"
F. Hopkinson Smith
The barkeeper sank back into his chair, and, with his elbows on the table, he ran his blunt fingers through the fringe of hair around his glistening pate.
"Dixie Hart"
Will N. Harben
He took off his hat and wiped his red neck and bald pate with an impatient hand.
"Dixie Hart"
Will N. Harben