Boompointer

He noticed the divided attention of the crowd; the name of Senator Boompointer was upon every lip; he was nearly face to face with that famous dispenser of place and preferment -- this second husband of Susy!

Clarence Bret Harte 1869

Boompointer, one of the wealthiest and most powerful Republicans in

Clarence Bret Harte 1869

Now, if you were like old Peyton, her first husband, or like poor Jim, or even my Boompointer, you'd be all right!

Clarence Bret Harte 1869

Boompointer, monstrous as it seemed in Hooker's mouth, gave him a grim temptation.

Clarence Bret Harte 1869

Boompointer was leaving it, and that distinguished man brushed hastily by him as a gorgeous carriage, drawn by two spirited horses, and driven by a resplendent negro coachman, dashed up.

Clarence Bret Harte 1869

"But I'm going to see the man that carries him and his Cabinet in his breeches-pocket -- Senator Boompointer."

Clarence Bret Harte 1869

Boompointer stepped into the vehicle, her blue eyes fell for an instant on Brant.

Clarence Bret Harte 1869

Boompointer, as he playfully, with paternal familiarity, lifted the golden curls of the village belle, Mary Jones.

The Luck of Roaring Camp and Other Tales With Condensed Novels, Spanish and American Legends, and Earlier Papers Bret Harte 1869

Senator Boompointer, unconscious of any infelicity in his interruption, was calmly waiting.

Clarence Bret Harte 1869

Even now she might be a secret emissary of some spy within the President's family; she might have been in correspondence with some traitor in the Boompointer clique, and her imploring glance only the result of a fear of exposure.

Clarence Bret Harte 1869