He was always looking for "types" and "Big" Jordan, the Republican chief, afforded him the greatest satisfaction.

He viewed the local political scene from an angle that Harwood found amusing, and Dan suggested that it must be because the feudal taint and the servile tradition are still in our blood that we submit so tamely to the rule of petty lordlings.

In his exalted moments Allen's ideas shot far into the air, and Dan found it necessary to pull him back to earth.
"I hardly see a Greek frieze carved of these brethren," Dan remarked one night as they lounged at the Whitcomb when a meeting of the state committee was in progress.

"These fellows would make you weep if you knew as much about them as I do.

There's one of the bright lights now--the Honorable Ike Pettit, of Fraser.