But men will live anywhere if by so doing there is money to be gained, and so a town snuggled up against the northern rim of the bench land, where the bleakness was softened a bit by the sheltering hills, and a willow-fringed creek with wild rosebushes and chokecherries made a vivid green background for the meager huddle of little, unpainted buildings.
"Lonesome Land"
B. M. Bower
The pony printed his uncertain feet awkwardly but firmly on the weed-grown sweep in front of the unpainted hall door, and Miss Tredgold gazed around her.
"Girls of the Forest"
L. T. Meade
All the tongues, both painted and unpainted, are hung on this rope.
"The Sun Dance of the Blackfoot Indians"
Clark Wissler