lon.

abbreviation for

For Lon, who waged a life-long battle with very real, liquid demons, the roll fit like a beer koozie.

Lon Chaney, Jr. was Larry Talbot, imbuing him with enough hand-wringing intensity to power a small fleet of Kate Winslets.

He excelled Lon in the depth if not in the airy grace of his salutation.

Lon did so with a proper pantomime of indifference, but it was a leek to eat, and there was no denying it.

Lon recognised that he was in a hole; but his spirit rose with the occasion, and he blustered nobly, tossing back his curls.

And so, turning from his interlocutor, he briefly but kindly recommended Lon to get back instanter to his concert.

I do not wish to employ menaces,” continued Lon, with a smile; “but if you refuse, indeed I shall not take it kindly.

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