"What do you know about women?" demanded Casey
"I'll tell you about 'im and 'er and all of them," said Joey, looking
about to see that they were quite alone in their corner. "You can tell
by looking at 'er, Jacky, that she ain't no common pusson. She's
quality, as you Virginians would say. And for that matter, so is
Colonel Grand, after a fashion. That is to say, he comes of a very
good old New Orleans family. He spoilt it all by being a colonel in
the Union army during the war. He wasn't for the North because he was
patriotic, but because he knowed the North would win and he saw 'is
chance to get rich. He's just a nateral-born gambler. Of course, he
ain't been back to New Orleans since the war. I understand 'is own
brothers intend to shoot 'im if he does go back. He went to Washington
to live, and he made a pile of money promoting carpet-bagging schemes
through the south. He's got a big gambling-house in Baltimore at
present, and an interest in one in New York, besides 'aving a string
o' race-horses.
"Well, Tom Braddock comes from Baltimore. His father was a hoss
trainer and trader there for a good many years afore he died--w'ich
was about two years ago.
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