# Henry Mullins — Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town character guide

> Henry Mullins in Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town by Stephen Leacock.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Mullins, Harry, Henry August Mullins, Mr. Mullins

**First appearance:** 0001-sunshine-sketches-of-a-little-town

## Snapshot

The local banker and a prominent figure in Mariposa's business community.

## Who they are

Mullins manages the Exchange Bank and moves through the town's commercial and civic life with a certain social quickness. He is the man who must break difficult news to Dean Drone and who finds himself at the centre of the Whirlwind campaign's tangled aftermath. His cautious, slightly self-important presence anchors the town's business affairs and its uneasy relationship with moral authority.

## Relationships

### [Rev. Dean Drone](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sunshine_sketches_of_a_little_town_se/characters/rev_dean_drone)

_professional_

Henry Mullins is a prominent businessman and church trustee who works closely with Reverend Dean Drone on church and community affairs.

### [Nivens](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sunshine_sketches_of_a_little_town_se/characters/nivens)

_professional_

Nivens is a local lawyer who works with Henry Mullins on business and legal matters.

### [George Duff](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sunshine_sketches_of_a_little_town_se/characters/george_duff)

_professional_

George Duff is a local businessman who collaborates with Henry Mullins on town projects.

### [Mr. Smith](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sunshine_sketches_of_a_little_town_se/characters/mr_smith)

_professional_

Henry Mullins and Mr. Smith have a professional relationship as local businessmen who cooperate on town affairs.

### [Nivens](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sunshine_sketches_of_a_little_town_se/characters/nivens)

_professional_

Nivens is a local lawyer who works with Henry Mullins on business and legal matters.

### [Mr. Smith](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sunshine_sketches_of_a_little_town_se/characters/mr_smith)

_professional_

Henry Mullins and Mr. Smith have a professional relationship as local businessmen who cooperate on town affairs.

### [Rev. Dean Drone](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sunshine_sketches_of_a_little_town_se/characters/rev_dean_drone)

_professional_

Henry Mullins is a prominent businessman and church trustee who works closely with Reverend Dean Drone on church and community affairs.

## In the story

### [The Hostelry of Mr. Smith](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sunshine_sketches_of_a_little_town_se/chapters/i-the-hostelry-of-mr-smith)

Manager of the Exchange Bank; hustles to his office from the Mariposa House daily at 10:30.

### [The Speculations of Jefferson Thorpe](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sunshine_sketches_of_a_little_town_se/chapters/ii-the-speculations-of-jefferson-thorpe)

Bank manager; takes his morning shave from Jeff.

### [The Marine Excursions of the Knights of Pythias](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sunshine_sketches_of_a_little_town_se/chapters/iii-the-marine-excursions-of-the-knights-of-pythias)

A Knight of Pythias and manager of the Exchange Bank, carries a flask of Pogram's Special and later bets with Mr. Smith.

### [IV: The Ministrations of the Rev. Mr. Drone](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sunshine_sketches_of_a_little_town_se/chapters/iv-the-ministrations-of-the-rev-mr-drone)

The young man who arranges fundraising events and later proposes a Whirlwind Campaign to clear the church debt.

### [The Whirlwind Campaign in Mariposa](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sunshine_sketches_of_a_little_town_se/chapters/v-the-whirlwind-campaign-in-mariposa)

The banker who initiates the Whirlwind Campaign, organizes the committees, and becomes increasingly disheartened as the campaign fails.

### [VI: The Beacon on the Hill](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sunshine_sketches_of_a_little_town_se/chapters/vi-the-beacon-on-the-hill)

Chairman of the vestry, seen talking with wardens and sidesmen about the fire and the insurance payout.

### [VIII: The Foreordained Attachment of Zena Pepperleigh and Peter Pupkin](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sunshine_sketches_of_a_little_town_se/chapters/viii-the-foreordained-attachment-of-zena-pepperleigh-and-peter-pupkin)

Mentioned as a target of Pupkin's anarchist fantasies involving dynamite.

## Links

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