Ranse

In Shinbone, "Ranse" is befriended by Hallie, then an illiterate waitress by the local newspaper editor-publisher and town drunk Dutton Peabody, and, in an uneasy alliance, by Tom Doniphon John Wayne, a local rancher and rival for Hallie's affections.

Mira Schor: Will Obama Shoot Liberty Valance? Mira Schor 2011

In Shinbone, "Ranse" is befriended by Hallie, then an illiterate waitress by the local newspaper editor-publisher and town drunk Dutton Peabody, and, in an uneasy alliance, by Tom Doniphon John Wayne, a local rancher and rival for Hallie's affections.

Mira Schor: Will Obama Shoot Liberty Valance? Mira Schor 2011

The protagonists are Senator Ransom "Ranse" Stoddard (played by James Stewart), who, when we first encounter him, is the most distinguished politician in his state, returning unexpectedly and mysteriously with his wife Hallie (Vera Miles) to Shinbone, the small town in the West where his legendary political career began.

Mira Schor: Will Obama Shoot Liberty Valance? Mira Schor 2011

The protagonists are Senator Ransom "Ranse" Stoddard (played by James Stewart), who, when we first encounter him, is the most distinguished politician in his state, returning unexpectedly and mysteriously with his wife Hallie (Vera Miles) to Shinbone, the small town in the West where his legendary political career began.

Mira Schor: Will Obama Shoot Liberty Valance? Mira Schor 2011

To-day I got Ranse -- leastways I would'a 'got him if yore brother hadn't interfered.

A Man Four-Square William MacLeod Raine 1912

"Git a move on ye, gal," ordered Ranse after he had finished eating.

A Man Four-Square William MacLeod Raine 1912

"Ranse was good with a revolver all right, but sho! you make him look like a plugged nickel when you go to makin 'smoke, Dave," interrupted the toady.

A Man Four-Square William MacLeod Raine 1912

A bunch of Webb's gunmen got Ranse -- caught him out alone and riddled him.

A Man Four-Square William MacLeod Raine 1912

Ranse grinned, then turned to his companion with simulated perplexity.

A Man Four-Square William MacLeod Raine 1912

Before Ranse had been against the Health Food Proposition many moons he began to hanker for the yellow-legged Plymouth Rocks, the golden Butter and the kind of milk that comes from the Cow -- take a Tin Cup and go right out to the Spring House and dip it up for yourself.

The Wit and Humor of America, Volume VIII (of X) Various 1887