human
I was aboard the convict-ship _Success_ while she was in the New York harbor this spring, commented the minister.
gpt
I don't see how civilized men could think out so many different modes of torture and remain civilized, let alone human.
human
Nor I. I was aboard the old tub, too. That was the ship my client was on. It was when she first came out.
gpt
Dad, what's wrong?
human
Nothing,--er--nothing. Only I do wish you would not take this trip. Can't you send some one else?
gpt
I'm afraid not. You see, I'm not my own boss. No, Dad, I can't get out of it.
human
They won't trouble me, not in the least. To ease your mind I'll go under an assumed name, if you say so. But I must get my data at the source concerning this man Adoniah Phillips, if----