The ring he wears labels him well enough.

There is stuff in the little man, or he would n't stick so manfully by this crooked, crotchety old town.
Give him a chance .-- You will drop the Sculpin, won't you ?--I said to the young fellow.
Drop him ?--he answered,--I ha'n't took him up yet.
No, no,--the term,--I said,--the term.

Don't call him so any more, if you please.

Call him Little Boston, if you like.
All right,--said the young fellow .-- I would n't be hard on the poor little-- The word he used was objectionable in point of significance and of grammar.

It was a frequent termination of certain adjectives among the Romans,--as of those designating a person following the sea, or given to rural pursuits.