"Sure," I said.
"I'm lookin' for a place ter board, and most of all I'm lookin' for a little widder woman ter honor wid holy matrimony."
After tapping that morning at 8.00, McLanahan took a silver dollar out of his pocket. "If it comes heads," he said, "I'm goin' out to-night, see, I'm goin' out ter find a woman."
He flipped the coin and it fell tails. "Don't count," said he, "two out of three."
This flip fell heads.
"Hah," he said, "if this comes heads, I'm goin' out to-night ter find a woman."
It fell tails.
"Hell!" he said, "Don't count, flipped it with the wrong hand."
He kept this up all day. Finally at 5.30 the coin came heads. He picked the coin up and put it in his pocket.