"Ain't he the biggest gun in this county, pretty nigh?
I'd like to know who is if he ain't.

The committee 'll call the Normal School girl now, and a good thing, too." Captain Cy was still gazing at the dignified form of the "biggest gun in the county." "Let's see," he asked.

"Who's on the school committee?
Eben Salters, of course, and--" "Yes.

Eben's chairman and he'll vote Phoebe, anyhow; he's that pig-headed that nobody--not even a United States Representative--could change him.

But Darius Ellis 'll be for Heman's way and so 'll Lemuel Myrick.
"Lemuel Myrick?
Lem Myrick, the painter ?" "Sartin.