"I knew you weren't asleep because your chair creaked, so I says, 'I guess we'll light up,'-it's enough sight cheerier in the light"; and Ellen's thuddy steps came through the gloom and frightened away the Troubles.
"The Very Small Person"
Annie Hamilton Donnell
But then the wish itself to escape from his bad feelings had impelled him forth toward the spot glowing warmer and cheerier in his thoughts than any other, where, if he could forget how ill he felt, he would naturally feel better.
"Aurora the Magnificent"
Gertrude Hall
The activity did her good, the light flooding the gloomy apartment yielded renewed courage, and there was a cheerier sound in her voice as she came back to me.
"My Lady of the North"
Randall Parrish