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  • Up to this time she had demanded of Mr. Demry the most "scareful" stories he knew, but from now on Blue Beard and Jack, the Giant-Killer had to make way for

    Calvary Alley Alice Caldwell Hegan Rice 1906

  • "Huh! Be I so scareful to look at?" the stranger demanded.

    Ruth Fielding Down East Or, The Hermit of Beach Plum Point Alice B. Emerson

  • Nothing would have tickled them more than to bluff me out of a harmless excursion by means of scareful tales.

    The Killer Stewart Edward White 1909

  • It is very scareful for a little boy when he feels himself grown to be such a criminal.

    A Melody in Silver Keene Abbott 1908

  • But he had read some scareful talk from high quarters about Race Suicide.

    Samantha on the Woman Question Marietta Holley 1881

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