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  • His glance swept the small room with its snowy sand-scoured floor, its rectangular box-stove of sheet-iron, and two corner bunks, one above the other.

    Where the Sun Swings North Barrett Willoughby

  • A box-stove, such as we use in our pioneer shacks in Canada, was throwing out a glow of cheeriness.

    Out To Win The Story of America in France Coningsby Dawson 1921

  • The box-stove in the shack in which I slept that night and the roughly timbered walls served to heighten the illusion that I was in America.

    Out To Win The Story of America in France Coningsby Dawson 1921

  • "They'll see my hoss and know that I'm back," said Andy, as he filled the kettle on the box-stove in the bunk-house.

    The Ridin' Kid from Powder River Henry Herbert Knibbs 1909

  • It is a log town with one street and no society, except such as may gather around the big box-stove at Johnnie

    In Our Town William Allen White 1906

  • Barclay drew a watch from, the pocket of his blue flannel shirt, and looked at it and stopped writing and stood by the box-stove.

    A Certain Rich Man William Allen White 1906

  • The whole party passed into Joe Norton's sitting-room, where the old farmer at once set about kindling, with the aid of some coal-oil, a fire in the great box-stove.

    The Story of the Foss River Ranch Ridgwell Cullum 1905

  • U-shaped counter paralleling three sides of the room, and with a large box-stove in the middle of the intervening space.

    The Drama of the Forests Romance and Adventure Arthur Henry Howard Heming 1905

  • He threw his half-smoked cigarette savagely at the hearth of the rusty box-stove, and scowled at the place where it fell.

    The Uphill Climb B. M. Bower 1905

  • A small box-stove, reddened in patches by the burning coals within, shed warmth throughout the room.

    The Rival Campers Ashore The Mystery of the Mill Ruel Perley Smith 1903

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