From what I hear, this Phoebe Dawes--for all her pesky down-East stubbornness--is teachin' pretty well, and anyhow she's one little woman against Tad Simpson and Heman Atkins and--and Tad's special brand of Providence.

She deserves a fair shake and, by the big dipper, she's goin' to have it! Look here, you two! how would I look on the school committee ?" "You ?" repeated the pair in concert.

"YOU ?" "Yes, me.

I ain't a Solomon for wisdom, but I cal'late I'd be as near the top of the barrel as Darius Ellis, and only one or two layers under Eben Salters or 'Lonzo Snow.

I'm a candidate--see ?" "But--but, Whit," gasped the town clerk, "are you popular enough?
Could you get elected ?" "I don't know, but I can find out.