His face was pale and thoughtful, and he had the shrewd faculty of knowing when to smile.

His eyes were of such a bulge as to give him a spacious range of vision without having to turn his head, and while moving about in the discharge of his duty, he often saw sudden situations that were not intended for his entertainment.
Brooks was prepared for the meeting, and conducted himself with a dignity that would have cast no discredit upon the ablest floor-walker in Christendom.

He had known that he could not fail to be impressed by one so closely allied by blood to Mr.George Witherspoon, but really he had not expected to meet a man of so distinguished a bearing, a traveler and a scholar, no doubt.
"Traveler enough to know that I have seen but little, and scholar enough to feel my ignorance," Henry replied.
"Oh, you do yourself an injustice, I am sure, but you do it gracefully.

We shall meet often, of course.

Mr.Witherspoon," he added, addressing the head of the Colossus, "we have just arrested that Mrs.McNutt." "How's that?
What Mrs.McNutt ?" "Why, the woman who was suspected of shop-lifting.