Then he remembered his own recent conversation with Leander and the latter's expressed fear that his father might get into trouble.
Jed determined, for the son's sake, not to bring that trouble nearer.
"Well, Major," he answered, "I shouldn't want to say that he was.
Phineas talks awful foolish sometimes, but I shouldn't wonder if that was his hot head and bull temper as much as anything else.

As to whether he's anything more than foolish or not, course I couldn't say sartin, but I don't think he's too desperate to be runnin' loose.

I cal'late he won't put any bombs underneath the town hall or anything of that sort.

Phin and his kind remind me some of that new kind of balloon you was tellin' me they'd probably have over to your camp when 'twas done, that--er--er--dirigible; wasn't that what you called it ?" "Yes.

But why does Babbitt remind you of a dirigible balloon?
I don't see the connection." "Don't you?
Well, seems's if I did.