But when a thing was agreed upon he went to work without a word.
Harvey Davis was a large, blue-eyed boy, very quiet, with yellow hair.
He was one of the best scholars in the Akeville school, and could throw a stone over the highest oak-tree by the church--something no other boy in the village could do.

He made an admirable Director.
Dr.Price's son, Brandeth, and Wilson Ogden, lived some miles from the village, and sometimes one or the other of them did not get to a meeting of the Board until the business before it had been despatched.

But they always attended punctually if there was a horse or a mule to be had in time, and made no trouble when they came.
George Purvis lived just outside of the village.

He was a tall fellow with a little head.

His father had been in the Legislature, and George was a great fellow to talk, and he was full of new ideas.