lean-kine

Updated: June 27, 2025

Tompkins, your looks tell me," said Col. Haughton. "No, I am not one of the ill-kine, Colonel," laughed his bride-elect. "Nor yet one of the lean-kine," said Trevalyon gaily. As the other ladies gathered about, a small London swell, who had come forward with a beaming face, saying: "Here we are again," and whom Mrs. Tompkins presented to Col. Haughton and Capt Trevalyon as "Sir Tilton Everly."

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