He's head of it, but his vote counts just one and no more.

What makes you say that ?" "Oh, nuthin'.

Only I thought maybe, long as Elkanah was feelin' that Mr.
Ellery wa'n't orthodox enough, he might be goin' to make a change." "He might?
HE might! Say, Keziah Coffin, there was Mayos in this town and in this church afore the fust Daniels ever washed ashore; and they'll be here when the last one blows up with his own importance.

I'm on that parish committee--you understand ?--and I've sailed ships and handled crews.

I ain't so old nor feeble but what I can swing a belayin' pin.