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List of Characters in
Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town |
- Alphonse
- The French chef of Smith's Café.
- Mr. John Henry Bagshaw
- The incumbent Liberal candidate for Missinaba County in the Dominion election.
- Billy
- Mr. Smith's shadowy desk-clerk.
- Mr. Callahan
- Tobacconist.
- Miss Cleghorn
- Sallow girl in the telephone exchange.
- Mr. Diston
- School teacher and dipsomaniac.
- Mr. Dreery
- English literature teacher from the high school.
- Reverend Rupert Drone
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Anglican minister; self-authorized Greek and Roman linguist; reads pagan pastorals at a rustic table; friend of Dr. Gallagher; widower and Lillian, Jocelyn, and Theodora's father; a candidate for Missinaba County in the Dominion election as an Independent. |
- Mr. George Duff
- Manager of the Commercial Bank and treasurer of the Central Committee for the Whirlwind Campaign.
- Mr. Jim Eliot
- Owner of Eliot's Drug store, formally named Pharmaceutical Hall.
- Young Fizzlechip
- Former teller for Mullins's Bank; commits suicide.
- Dr. Gallagher
- Physician, a collector of Indian relics; friend of Reverend Drone.
- Mr. Golgotha Gingham
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Undertaker. |
- Mr. Peter Glover
- Owner of Glover's Hardware.
- Mr. Harrison
- Harnessmaker.
- Mr. Hussell
- Editor of the Mariposa Newspacket.
- Mr. Johnson
- Lives behind the Exchange Bank in the livery and is one of the heroes in the Mariposa Bank Mystery.
- Miss Lawson
- High school teacher and Peter Pupkin's first love.
- Mr. McCartney
- Lawyer.
- Mr. Alf McNichol
- Owner of the paint store.
- Mr. Joe Milligan
- Dentist.
- Mr. Mitchell
- Manager of the railway station.
- Mr. Ed Moore
- Photographer.
- Teddy Moore
- A child; Reverend Drone makes a kite with Chinese wings for him.
- Mr. Henry Mullins
- Manager of the Exchange Bank and chairman of the Central Committee for the Whirlwind Campaign.
- Mr. Netley
- Butcher.
- Mr. Nivens
- Lawyer.
- Mr. Pepperleigh
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Temperamental Judge of Mariposa whose spectacles flash like dynamite; Zena Pepperleigh's father. |
- Neil Pepperleigh
- Judge Pepperleigh's son who died in the Boer War; a violent drunkard.
- Zena Pepperleigh
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Judge Pepperleigh's daughter; Peter Pupkin's object of desire. |
- Mr. Peter Pupkin
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Exchange Bank teller; in love with Zena Pepperleigh; one of the heroes in the Mariposa Bank Mystery. |
- Mr. Pupkin Senior
- Peter Pupkin's father; old school friend of Mr. Pepperleigh.
- Mr. Pete Robinson
- Owner of Pete Robinson's, formally named the Continental Hotel.
- Mr. Josh Smith
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The 280-pound owner and manager of the "Jos. Smith, Prop." hotel, otherwise known as Smith's Hotel or Smith's Ladies and Gent's Café or Smith's Summer Pavilion or Smith's Tourist Emporium or Smith's Northern Health Resort or Smith's British Arms; saves the Mariposa Belle; head and chief of the Mariposa fire brigade; suspect in the burning of the Church of England; Conservative candidate for Missinaba County in the Dominion election. |
- Miss Spiffkins
- Biology teacher at the high school who is sorry for Mrs. Pepperleigh's lot in life.
- Mr. Jefferson Thorpe
- A barber and a wise investor; goes by the name of Jeff.
- Miss Myra Thorpe
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daughter of Jefferson Thorpe and "Woman" Thorpe; aspiring actress; a Telephone Exchange employee. |
- Mr. Mallory Tompkins
- Times Herald employee and intellectual; Pupkin's close friend.
- Mr. Towers
- Tailor.
- Mr. Alf Trewlaney
- The postmaster.
- Marjorie Trewlaney
- The cripple.
- Mr. Uttermost
- Replaces Reverend Drone and preaches the new forms of doubt revealed by the higher criticism.
- Woman
- Mrs. Thorpe, Jefferson Thorpe's wife.
- Mr. Yodel
- Auctioneer.
- Willie Yodel
- A child; Reverend Drone makes a sand-clock for him.
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