We had a good deal of fun one way or another.

Four years of it.

Didn't begin fighting the Devil till afterward.

How are things at the college, Doctor Kelton ?" Ware thus characteristically turned the conversation from himself.

It was evident that he did not care to discuss his military experiences; in a moment they were talking politics, in which he seemed greatly interested.
"We've kept bosses out of this state pretty well," Professor Kelton was saying, "but I can see one or two gentlemen on both sides of the fence trying to play that game.