Next to Congressman Atkins he was, perhaps, our leading citizen.

And, more than all, he was not afraid, when he thought it necessary, to oppose the great Heman.
"Well," he said reflectively, after listening to Captain Cy's brief statement of his candidacy, "I cal'late I'll stand in with you, Cy.

I ain't got anything against 'Lonzo, but--but--well, consarn it! maybe that's the trouble.

Maybe he's so darned good it makes me jealous.
Anyhow, I'll do what I can for you." Joe Dimick laughed aloud.

He was an iconoclast, seldom went to church, and was entirely lacking in reverence.