human
I heard your call for help, was Cub's next cast.
gpt
Who was that fellow that snapped you up so sassy?
human
I don't know, answered the professed castaway.
gpt
I've been trying to get help for more than a day, and he always breaks in and queers my call. He makes everybody think I'm putting up a prank.
human
Where is your island?
gpt
Somewhere in the Thousand Islands. That's the best I can locate it. I've never been here before. Where are you?
human
At Oswego, New York.
gpt
What's your call?
human
A V L.
gpt
Can you do anything for me?
human
I don't know what I can do unless I try to interest somebody near you by wireless. I'll send out a broadcast in any manner you may suggest. But you can do that just as well as I.
gpt
I have done it over and over, but it does not do any good, said
human
Crusoe .
gpt
That evil genius of mine always manages to queer me. Finally I got so desperate that I sent out an SOS.
human
And committed a radio crime, broke in the alleged evil genius.
gpt
Don't you know the rules governing that distress signal?
human
There he is again,
gpt
Crusoe
human
Who are you?
gpt
I am Canadian amateur, was the reply.
human
That fellow who sent the distress signal is a Canadian college student trying to put over a college prank. I am on his trail to prevent him. We have a wager up; if he induces anybody to go to his rescue, I lose.
gpt
That is not true,
human
What is your call?
gpt
Yes, give it to him, and tell him what college I am from, proposed the
human
One of the conditions of our wager is that I must not reveal my identity, returned the anonymous amateur.
gpt
He's bound by like terms. He does not dare give you his name and address.
human
That fellow is insane or a villain, declared
gpt
Crusoe .
human
I do not know who he is, but if I starve to death, he'll be a wanton murderer. My name is Raymond Flood. I am not a college student. I am a high school student at Kingston.
gpt
Is his name Raymond Flood?
human
No,
gpt
What is it?
human
Under terms of our wager, I must not reveal his name and he must not reveal mine.
gpt
Whew! exclaimed Cub, addressing his two friends, who removed the phones from their ears, the better to hear him.
human
Can you beat that?
gpt
We sure have hit a sensation of some sort, Hal declared.
human
What'll we do?
gpt
I don't know what under the sun to do, Cub replied.
human
I don't like to pass him up, for fear he may be telling the truth; and yet, I don't like to be the victim of a joke.
gpt
I tell you what to do, Bud suggested, without any seriousness of intent, however.
human
Make a dash over the lake in your father's motor boat and rescue this Robinson Crusoe.
gpt
By Jiminie, Bud! exclaimed Cub enthusiastically!
human
You've hit the nail on the head. Our vacation problem is solved. That's what we'll do, all of us. I don't care whether it's a joke or a tragedy; we'll make a voyage of discovery over that way and see if we can't find Crusoe's island. What say you, fellows?