"Nothin' of any account--that is to say--" He turned redder than ever and wrenched at the pipe.

It loosened at its lower end and the wires holding it in suspension shook.
"I guess," observed the lady of the house, "that you'd better move that chest of drawers out so's you can get behind it.

Grace, you help me.
There! that's better.

Now move your chair." Kyan stepped from the chair and moved the latter to a position between the high-boy and the wall.

Then he remounted and gripped the pipe in the middle of its horizontal section.
"Seems to stick in the chimney there, don't it ?" queried Keziah.