The Boss of Little Arcady
Harry Leon Wilson
Paperback
(Forgotten Books, Dec. 1, 2017)
Excerpt from The Boss of Little ArcadyI think we conceded this, in silence, be it under stood, for Westley is respected. But we looked to Solon for a more tenuous subtlety.Nor did he fail us. Two days later Potts upon the public street actually announced his early departure from Little Arcady.To know how pleasing an excitement this created one should know more about Potts. It will have been inferred that he was objectionable. For the fact, he was Objectionable in every way: as a human being, a man, a citizen, a member of. The Slocum County bar, and a veteran of our late civil conflict. He was shiftless, untidy, a borrower, a pompous braggart, a trouble-maker, forever driving some poor devil into senseless litigation. Moreover, he was blithely unscrupulous in his dealings with the Court, his clients, his brother-attorneys, and his fellow-men at large. When I add that he was given to spells of hard drinking, during which he became obnoxious beyond the wildest possible dreams of that quality, it will be seen that we of Little Arcady were not without reason for wishing him away.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.