His long black hair was carefully oiled, and turned under at the ends, as was the custom with the rural beaux some years ago.

His face was clean shaved, except a large, sandy goatee.

He wore a high silk hat, a black broadcloth coat, Kentucky jeans pantaloons, neatly fitting boots, and no vest.

There was nothing remotely suggestive of unusual ability or force of character, and I thought as I studied him that the sting of George D.Prentice's bon mot about him was in its acrid truth.

Said Mr.Prentice: "Why don't somebody put a pistol to Basil Duke's head, and blow John Morgan's brains out!" [Basil Duke was John Morgan's right hand man.].