Out on the range, he would have been a stunted leppy.

The diners were disappointed with the plain, insipid soup they were served.

[M]any women will be glad to know exactly how to start making sweets so that they will be saleable. … Lozenges, comfits, kali, bonbons, etc.

You take a good deal for granted, my young Prusssssian ," rejoined the sectionary, pronouncing the word with a prodigality of s's which attracted the attention of half a score of idlers to the traveller.