human
Jackson, as the Aid-de-Camp often termed himself, would have passed it by without stopping; but after a long day's ride, and suffering from the greatest evils to which a traveller can well be subjected--cold, wet, and hunger--even so wretched a resting-place as this was not to be despised; and accordingly a determination was formed to stop there for the night. On riding up to the door, it was opened to their knock, when a tall man--apparently its only occupant, came forth--and, after surveying the travellers a moment with a suspicious eye, inquired
gpt
Why, I guess, said Jackson,
human
Then you must go further in search of it, replied the woodsman, surlily,
gpt
I don't keep no tavern, and ha'nt got no accommodation; and what's more, I reckon, I'm no Tennessee man.
human
But any accommodation will do, friend. If you hav'nt got beds, we'll sit up all night, and warm our toes at the fire, and spin long yarns, as they tell in the Eastern sea-ports. Anything but turn a fellow out such a night as this.
gpt
But I say, strannger, returned the man, fiercely and determinedly,
human
I a'nt got no room any how, and you shan't bide here.
gpt
Oh, ho! my old cock, that's the ticket, is it? but you'll see whether an old stager, like me, is to be turned out of any man's house such a night as this. I hav'nt served two campaigns against the Ingins and the British for nothing; and here I rest for the night.