s-s-t-t

Updated: January 5, 2026

When the vote for school committee's all in we'll see who does the grinnin'. But I can't understand Hello! there's Tidditt. Asaph! Ase! S-s-t-t! Come here a minute." Mr. Tidditt, trembling with excitement, and shaking hands effusively with everyone he met, pushed his way up the aisle and bent over his friend. "Say, Ase," whispered Josiah, "where's Whit? Why ain't he on hand?

Joseph Crosby Lincoln - Cy Whittaker's Place