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Updated: June 9, 2025
I don't believe you'd find a better one in Thompsontown. "'Sam Twitty! exclaimed Abner, rather testily, 'what are you talkin' about?
And while he's a-feedin' most likely somebody'll come along that's got five dollars in change. "For some minutes Sam Twitty had not said a word, but now he most earnestly advised his friend to accept this offer, and, jumping to the ground, he hurried to open the gate so that Captain Abner might drive in.
So now I'm goin' after her, and I'm goin' to start on Monday mornin'. "Sam Twitty was astonished. He had had an idea that Captain Abner would go on preparing for her to the end of his days, and it was a shock to him to hear that the work of preparation, in which he had been interested for so many years, and in which he had so frequently assisted, should now be brought suddenly to a close.
But if you can make yourselves comfortable here in the shade, I don't think you'll have to wait very long. I'll jes step in and see if my dinner ain't cooked. There ain't nobody in sight. "Sam Twitty rubbed his hands together. 'In my opinion, said he, 'that woman is a fust-class housekeeper. "In a very few minutes she returned.
"The captain I am telling about in my story," said the Master of the House, resuming his narrative, "could not silence Sam Twitty. "'Now I tell you, cap'n, he said, as he assisted in taking the horse out of the wagon, 'don't you go and miss a chance. Here's a fust-rate woman, with red cheeks and mighty pretty hair, and a widow, too.
"'When you come back, said the woman, 'I'd be glad to have you stop and rest, and give your horse a feed if you want to. "Sam Twitty assured her most earnestly that they certainly would stop, whether they wanted rest and a feed or not; and he thanked her warmly as he paid for the kind entertainment she had given them.
"But no matter. The two friends started out on Monday morning after breakfast for Thompsontown. Considerable delay was occasioned at the livery-stable by certain pieces of advice which Sam Twitty offered to Captain Abner.
"A pleasant-faced woman now came to the door of the little house and stood expectant, while Captain Abner thrust his hand into his pocket. "'How much is it? said he. "'It's ten cents, said she. "Then Sam Twitty, who did not wish to sit silent, remarked that it was a fine day, and the toll-gate woman said that indeed it was.
"Well, my dear," he said, "what Sam Twitty told the inmates of the boat was this: 'If there was an egg-shell 'twixt her bow and the beach, Cap'n Abner wouldn't have smashed it. "The captain stemmed the praises which now poured upon him, with a jerk of the head. 'That's all very well, said he, 'but I'm goin' to give Sam Twitty a chance; he'll sail you back.
"At last they got away, and as they drove slowly out of the little village not one of the inhabitants thereof knew anything about their intended journey, except that they were going to Thompsontown; for Captain Abner and Sam Twitty would have as soon thought of boring a hole in the bottom of a boat in which they were to sail as of telling their neighbors they were going to look for her and to bring her back in that spring-wagon.
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