Yellow hair it was, with a suspicious darkness about the roots, and a streakiness about the back, that to an observant eye would have more than hinted that art had assisted nature in coloring Mrs. Worthington's locks.
"At Fault"
Kate Chopin
"Yes, madam," he replies, "but in order that her bacon may be of the desired streakiness I feed and starve her alternately."
"Seeds of Pine"
Janey Canuck