evaporatin

Updated: January 11, 2026

No wonder my heart sank when I saw this. Glancin' wildly around me, as people will do when they are scared, I saw the smooth place I was in gettin' smaller and smaller, for the kerosene was evaporatin', as it will do even off woollen clothes if you give it time enough.

Frank Richard Stockton - The Magic Egg and Other Stories