alf-gone

Updated: June 6, 2025

And then all of a sudden, it came into my mind to wonder about that there medicine. And I just run up to see. And there I found 'er a-laying' dead, and the stuff in the bottle were 'alf-gone!" Mrs. Briggs's information was imparted in a whisper and punctuated by sniffs. Her two listeners exchanged awe-stricken glances. "How did you know she was dead?" asked Violet. "What did she look like?"

Ethel M. (Ethel May) Dell - The Keeper of the Door