lib'ry

"You's to go right in to de lib'ry, chile, right in jes 'as soon as I git dis yer candle lit;" and getting down on her knees she puffed away at the coals and burned splinters till she succeeded in coaxing her tallow candle to burn.

Culm Rock The Story of a Year: What it Brought and What it Taught Glance Gaylord

He was shut up in his room -- the lib'ry -- till nearly dinner-time, and then he waited and waited for the mistress to come down -- and when she didn't come he got fidgety and sent

The Making of a Soul Kathlyn Rhodes

"Miss Cardiff's in the lib'ry, sir," said the housemaid, opening, the door for Kendal next morning with a smile which he did not find too broadly sympathetic.

A Daughter of To-Day Sara Jeannette Duncan

"I'm goin 'over to the lib'ry for a book," he explained huskily, and went out.

The Mission of Janice Day Helen Beecher Long

I was strollin 'through the house lookin' for him, and I'd got as far as the lib'ry, when who should I see but Madame Roulaire comin 'through the opposite door.

Odd Numbers Being Further Chronicles of Shorty McCabe Sewell Ford 1907

I routs Renée out at daylight next mornin ', has him make a fifty-mile run at Vanderbilt Cup speed, and we has Beany in the eye expert's lib'ry before he comes down for breakfast.

Odd Numbers Being Further Chronicles of Shorty McCabe Sewell Ford 1907

We was just waitin 'for the automatic elevator to come down when we hears voices floatin' out from the lib'ry.

Odd Numbers Being Further Chronicles of Shorty McCabe Sewell Ford 1907

So she just tucks him under one arm, claps a hand over his mouth, and lugs him kickin 'and strugglin' into the lib'ry, givin 'Nutt a shove to one side as she brushes by.

Torchy, Private Sec. Sewell Ford 1907

Course, all this occurrin 'outside, I couldn't watch everything that took place; but I sits in the lib'ry with Sadie a lot more contented than I'd been before that week.

Odd Numbers Being Further Chronicles of Shorty McCabe Sewell Ford 1907

Durin 'one of the calm spells I wanders into the lib'ry, picks a funny paper off the table, and settles down in a cozy corner to read the jokes.

Odd Numbers Being Further Chronicles of Shorty McCabe Sewell Ford 1907