semi-orderliness

Updated: May 15, 2025

First she coaxed naughty little Jamie, who, in his nightshirt, was out on the porch roof fishing, dangling his shoe over the edge by its strings tied to his father's cane, to return and be hustled into his trousers funny little garments that came almost to his shoe tops and to stand still while "sister" washed his face and brushed his curly red hair into a state of semi-orderliness.

Payne Erskine - The Eye of Dread