... her dress she went downstairs to have her supper with Mr. and Mrs. Hose thinking all the while of what she had seen. When supper was over, she went upstairs and took from her trunk a "shilling shocker" and began to read it. Presently she got tired and ... — Daisy Ashford: Her Book • Daisy Ashford
... related how he had been attacked by two of his former school enemies, dragged to the car and thrown in. He added that he had been next to unconscious, and so was unable to fight off Dave and Phil. Then he asked how Tom Shocker happened ... — Dave Porter at Star Ranch - Or, The Cowboy's Secret • Edward Stratemeyer