" Faith, lad," said the Chevalier, " the old plume was a shabby one. "The Grey Cloak" by Harold MacGrath

Perhaps it was his shabby clothes that made them not so sure whether he was the Dickie they had known. "Harding's luck" by E. [Edith] Nesbit

She put on her hat, a very shabby little hat. "In a Little Town" by Rupert Hughes