human
I guess there's sense in that, said one of them.
gpt
It's going to be quite easy to make sure he don't get out of the settlement.
human
I'm for letting him have until to-morrow, anyway, said another.
gpt
Still, the papers aren't there. Where's John Collier? He picked up some books and truck Slocum slung away when he met him on the trail.
human
I've got them right here, and another man stepped forward.
gpt
I was coming in from the ranch when I heard two horses pounding down the trail, and jumped clear into the fern. The man who went past me tried to sling a package into the gully, but I guess he got kind of rattled when I shouted, and dropped the thing. He didn't seem to want to stop, and, when he went on at a gallop, I groped round and picked the package up.
human
There are just two courses open to you, boys, and you're going to make mighty little but trouble for yourselves by taking one of them. This is my office, and so long as I can hold you off nobody's coming in until he's asked. I feel quite equal to stopping two or three. Now, if you'll let me have those books and go home quietly, I'll have straightened Slocum's affairs out by to-morrow, and be ready to see what can be done for you.
gpt
We've no use for making any trouble that can be helped, and we'll go home, he said.
human
You can have those books, and a committee will come round to see what you've fixed up after breakfast to-morrow.
gpt
I guess you're wise, he said.
human
Good night, boys!