Ezekial Cobb, a simple-minded man raised by his missionary father in China, returns to America in search of a wife. Instead, he's unwittingly thrust into politics when corrupt officials use him as a pawn to run for mayor, expecting him to lose. But Cobb's unexpected victory sets off a chain reaction as he becomes a champion of reform, shaking up the status quo.
The Cat's-Paw
A naive missionary, raised in China, returns to America to find a wife, only to be co-opted by corrupt politicians who use him as a pawn in their game, running him for mayor as a token candidate with no real chance of success.
