"When I first saw you sittin' there, Phin, I had a suspicion 'twas you, but the longer I looked the more I thought 'twas the President come to call.

Do you know," he added, confidentially, "if you didn't have any whiskers and he looked like you you'd be the very image of him." This interesting piece of information was not received with enthusiasm.

Mr.Babbitt's sense of humor was not acutely developed.
"Never mind the funny business, Shavin's," he snapped.

"I didn't come here to be funny to-night.

Do you know why I came here to talk to you ?" Jed pulled forward a chair and sat down.
"I presume likely you came here because you found the door unlocked, Phin," he said.
"I didn't say HOW I came to come, but WHY I came.