Sonny had slipped down the open chimbly right in amongst 'em-come out a-grinnin', with his face all Sooted over, an', says he, "Say, fellers," says he, "I run up the lightnin'-rod, an' he's a-waitin' for me to come down."
"Sonny, A Christmas Guest"
Ruth McEnery Stuart
Wife did threaten to go herself an' make the teacher apologize for gittin' the little feller all Sooted up an' sp'iln' his clo'es; but she thought it over, an' she decided thet she wouldn't disturb things ez long ez they was peaceful.
"Sonny, A Christmas Guest"
Ruth McEnery Stuart
Serious as my situation was, I laughed at the thought of it until tears ran down my cheeks, leaving white streaks the full length of them; for no chimney-sweep in the full tide of his glorious career was ever worse Sooted and begrimed.
"My Lady of the North"
Randall Parrish