Gulmore the Boss is about the life of Jonathan Byrne Gulmore as he tries to win the election in a small town in the South. Excerpt: «Is he? That's because of May—May Hutch-ings. Oh, she deserves him;" the girl spoke with sarcastic bitterness, “she gave herself trouble enough to get him. It was just sickening the way she acted, blushing every time he spoke to her, and looking up at him as if he were everything. Some people have no pride in them.” Her father listened impassively, and, after a pause, began his explanation…"