Squire Phin

'Squire Phin' is an adventure novel written by Holman Day. The story unfolds as a city man visits Palermo on a hot day in August and goes into the grocery store. There, he observes the 'town fool', Aquarius Wharff, standing on the corner of the store platform. The city man makes a snide remark about country towns letting old lunatics run at large, and then drives away. Aquarius Wharff is a man who believes he can predict the weather based on his observations of nature.