Cecil Bonnifield, Huckster

With his smile and slick speak, Cecil Bonnifield could sell sawdust to the local lumber mill or bald-curing tonic to a teenager. Call him a charlatan, carpet bagger or snake oil salesman who is gifted in gab -- just don’t call him to come out and look at a leaky roof.

Bonnifield’s ambitions began early, the school marm said he was a pushy pontificator who would barter for lunch pail rations in return for free practice with arithmetic – on his own homework! He seems a right affable chap, his hand always poised for a polite shake -- but beware! This huckster is ready to prove that a fool and his money are soon parted.