Miss Theodosia laughed out girlishly, not at all a tottery laugh on a cane, and the pleasant sound broke the midnight stillness.
"Miss Theodosia's Heartstrings"
Annie Hamilton Donnell
There were several additions of a later date; but, above all, three crosses of red ink-two on the north part of the island, one in the southwest, and, beside this last, in the same red ink, and in a small, neat hand, very different from the captain's tottery characters, these words: "Bulk of treasure here."
"Treasure Island"
Robert Louis Stevenson
"Yes, over the fever; but still tottery.
"The Pines of Lory"
John Ames Mitchell