The Bennington family were not very cordial to the young vegetable grower.

On the mother's side there was a long line of military ancestors.

It is impossible that a cabbage and a uniform should cohere.

Warrington's great-grandsires had won honors in the Revolution, but as this fact did not make cabbages grow any faster he kept the faded glory to himself.
In college the two lads were as inseparable as La Mole and Coconnas; they played on the same teams, rowed on the same crews and danced with the same girls.

The only material difference in their respective talents lay in one thing: Bennington could not write a respectable rhyme, and I'm not sure that he wasn't proud of it.