nillyist

Updated: May 13, 2025

"'Pretty smart hit, Jimmy, Pa says, 'but it's almost a pity you didn't get three inches or so of steeletter in your hide, he says, 'after what you said to that feller sittin' beside me. 'Well, says Jimmy, 'he's a Russian, he says, 'what was mixed up in some of the Nillyist plots, and the only way to keep him quiet, he says, 'was to tell him you'd been driven looney by the cruelty of the Russian gover'ment, he says."

William Banks - William Adolphus Turnpike