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Updated: July 22, 2025
But I was apt to win at cyards, 'specially poker. And Trampas, he met me one night, and I expect he must have thought I looked kind o' young. So he hated losin' his money to such a young-lookin' man, and he took his way of sayin' as much. I had to explain myself to him plainly, so that he learned right away my age had got its growth.
"Yer wuz right," remarked the innkeeper. "The young-lookin' feller wuz Ginral Washington." "Ay," exclaimed the man; "and, mark me, if a face goes for aught, he's general enough to beat Gage and that the man paused, and then added: "that sluggard Howe. And would to God I could help in it!"
Says I more mildly, as he took up his hat and little box he had, and started for the door, and seein' I was goin' to get rid of him so soon, I felt softer towards him, as folks will towards burdens when they are bein' lifted from 'em, "I dare persume to say, you thought I was a single woman, havin' been told time and agin, that I am young-lookin' for my age, and fair complected.
"Don't look like none o' the women folk about yere," he replied, finally. "She ain't their kind." "What d'ye mean by that?" "Dunno eggsactly. She's mighty white 'n' young-lookin' 'n' delicate but that ain't all." Tom made a restless movement.
"The new minister's a dozen years younger than she; must be all o' that," said the Captain, collecting himself. "I called him quite a young-lookin' man when he preached for us as a candidate. Sing'lar he shouldn't be a married man. Generally they be."
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