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"I tell you Ez,
this girl was somethin'." Buck's blue eyes twinkled as he threw a card
down on the table and accepted another from the gambler. "But man could
she talk, just wouldn't shut up."
"Do tell, Mr. Wilmington,"
was the disinterested Southerner's response.
"I believe he is," JD
laughed, and threw two cards down.
Ezra chuckled as Buck looked hurt.
"Now boy you ought to listen to ol' Buck, you
might learn something."
"Right, like how to out talk a
girl."
"See right there JD," Buck
pointed his finger at the laughing young man, "proves you don't know nothin' `bout women. No one can out-talk a female."
The young gunslinger and Standish
shared an amused glance. An excerpt from the `Bible On
Women' by Buck Wilmington.
"I know more than you think,
Buck," JD boasted to his friend.
Wilmington snorted and threw a chip
into the pot. "Sure, kid, sure. You're still wet behind the ears."
Smiling at the gambler, JD turned
back the ladies' man, "I bet I know a whole month when they talk less than
you think they do."
Smiling broadly the gambler held up
a bill. "I'll take that bet!"
The rogue grabbed his chest in
astonishment, "What Ez, you think the kid here
knows more about women than me?"
"I assure you, Mr. Wilmington,
I bet on nothing less than a sure thing."
"Oh I am wounded!" Buck
picked up two bills from the pile in front of him. "Okay, Mr. Fancypants, I'll double your bet. You'll see who knows more
about women." An incensed Wilmington waved the bills under Ezra's face
before turning back to the grinning young man.
"Alright JD, since you're so
cocky. Just when do you think women talk less?"
"Simple, Buck: February."
Grinning broadly so his gold tooth
gleamed, Standish grabbed the bills out of a confused Wilmington's hand and
clapped JD on the back. "Son, the next round is on me."
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