Beef soup, or mud Turkle?"
"Tempest and Sunshine"
Mary J. Holmes
I felt that he had a strong and powerful case; and though I could not brook the idee of his goin', still I thought that I must be as wise as a serpent and as harmless as a Turkle-dove, to git the victory over him.
"Samantha at the World's Fair"
Marietta Holley
We talked a little about past troubles caused by Jabezeses and inventions, and the glories of the Fair, and then they strolled off happy as two Turkle doves, not needin' or desirin' any other company than their own, and showin' it plain by their actions.
"Samantha at the St. Louis Exposition"
Marietta Holley
