In the Colossus Company he is next to me.

Smart old fellow, but he worked many years in the hammer-and-tongs way, and he probably never would have done much if he hadn't been shoved.

Ho, boys, _ho_! People ought to be arrested for piling brick in the street this way.

Colton was always afraid of venturing; shuddered at the thought of risking his money; wanted it where he could lay his hands on it at any time.

Brooks, his son-in-law, is a sort of general manager over our entire establishment, and he is one of the most active and useful men I ever saw--bright, quick, characteristically American.