tic-tac-toe

Updated: May 23, 2025

Happy Fear, playing "tic-tac-toe," right hand against left, in his cell, heard the uproar, made out something of what was happening, and, though unaware that it was a friend whose life was sought, discovered a similarity to his own case, and prayed to his dim gods that the quarry might get away. "MAD DOG!" they yelled.

Booth Tarkington - The Conquest of Canaan