A puff of wind had blown the flame in an opposite direction.
"Leo the Circus Boy"
Ralph Bonehill
His last puff of smoke had gone up the chimney hours ago.
"My Lady of the Chimney Corner"
Alexander Irvine
The very men who declared that John Bill could have no more goods at their stores until old scores were squared would soften under the influence of the puff, and honor his "orders" when in the hands of either of the two young men who did his work.
"The Mystery of the Locks"
Edgar Watson Howe