You'd see 'em on the corners and in the post office and camped on the meetin'-house steps, arguin' and jawin'.

Dan and Gaius was hurryin' around, moppin' their foreheads and lookin' worried.

On Thursday there was all sorts of rumors afloat.

Finally they all simmered down to one, and that one was what made me stop Stingy Gabe on the street and ask for my bearin's.
"'Mr.Holway,' says I, 'is it true that Dan and Gaius have resigned and agreed to vote for somebody else ?' "He nodded, grand and complacent.
"'Then who's the somebody ?' says I.'For the land sakes! tell me.

It's as big a miracle as the prodigal son.' "I remember now that the prodigal son ain't a miracle, but I was excited then.
"'Stitt,' says he, 'I am the "somebody," as you call it.