in-cen-di-ary

Updated: June 20, 2025

After the failure of his bank, when rumour accused him of burning the court-house that he might sell his abstracts to the county at a fabulous price, he called a public meeting to hear his defence, and repeated to his townsmen that query, "Who carried the flag?" adding in a hoarse whisper: "And yet great God! they say that the little corporal is an in-cen-di-ary.

William Allen White - In Our Town