I guess that the Chief Constable of Manitou and Monseigneur Lourde and old Mother Thibadeau are about the only people that Marchand can't bribe.

I see I've got to face a scrimmage before I can get what I want." "What you want you'll have, I bet," was the admiring response.
"I'm going to have a good try.

I want these two towns to be one.

That'll be good for your town lots, Jowett," he added whimsically.

"If my policy is carried out, my town lot'll be worth a pocketful of gold-plated watches or a stud of spavined mares." He chuckled to himself, and his fingers reached towards a bell on the table, but he paused.