s-s-sh-h

Updated: May 1, 2025

We'll show old Holway that we can't be led around by the nose. "'Tompkins, says I, 'I know your head well enough to be sartin that it didn't work this out by itself. And why are you so sure of the billiard roomers? Who put you up to this? "He rapped the side of his nose. 'The smartest politician in this town, says he, 'and the oldest J. W. Gale, Esq.! S-s-sh-h! Don't say nothin'.

Joseph Crosby Lincoln - The Depot Master