human
I'll get ready for the trial to-night, he said
gpt
I want to see what it will do to a dummy figure. Guess I'll make a sort of scarecrow and stuff it with straw. I'll get Eradicate to help me. Rad! I say, Rad! Where are you?
human
Heah I is, Massa Tom! Heah I is, called a colored man as he came around the corner of a small stable where he kept his mule Boomerang.
gpt
Was yo'-all callin' me?
human
Yes, Rad, I want you to help make a scarecrow.
gpt
A scarecrow, Massa Tom! Good land a' massy! What fo' yo' want ob a scarecrow? Yo'-all ain't raisin' no corn, am yo'?
human
No, but I want something to shoot at when Ned Newton comes over to-night.
gpt
Suffin t' shoot at? Why Massa Tom! Good land a' massy! Yo'-all ain't gwine t' hab no duel, am yo'?
human
No, Rad, but I want a life-size figure on which to try my new electric gun. Here are some old clothes, and if you will stuff them with rags and straw and fix them so they'll stand up, they'll do first-rate. Have it ready by night, and set it up at the far end of the shooting gallery.
gpt
All right, Massa Tom. I'll jest do dat, fo' yo',