But Kent piled the cushions recklessly around her, tucked her smudgy skirts close, went and got a towel, which he immersed recklessly in the water pail, and bathed her face and hands with clumsy gentleness, and pushed back her tangled hair.
"Lonesome Land"
B. M. Bower
They had shown me countless windmills, scattered along stretches of wind-swept moors backed by lowering skies, cold gray streets, quaint, leanover houses, and smudgy, grimy interiors.
"The Other Fellow"
F. Hopkinson Smith
Only read it and see what a plight she was in," said Molly, handing the smudgy, pencilled postal to Elise.
"Molly Brown's Orchard Home"
Nell Speed