match-devouring

Updated: May 7, 2025

Later, when he was fairly driven in upon his reserves, he began to speak of himself, and of the hopeless fight for enlargement in the Trans-Western struggle. Marston lighted the match-devouring stogie for the twentieth time, squared himself on the end of the divan and listened attentively. At the end of the recounting he said: "It seems to be a failure of justice, Mr. Kent.

Francis Lynde - The Grafters