bright-papered

Updated: May 28, 2025

Rose-Ellen had been picturing a village of huts like those at the bogs, or bright-papered shacks like the oystershuckers'. Though the featherbeds were gone, it would be delicious to lie on the floor, uncrowded, and sheltered from the night. But no such shelter awaited them. Instead, they were pointed to a sort of hobo camp with lights glimmering through torn canvas.

Florence Crannell Means - Across the Fruited Plain