human
Shall we hang it up here above the trap?
gpt
What for?
human
Why, so Uncle Caleb can get it when he comes along, replied Toby;
gpt
Why, what's to hinder our camping right here, and waiting for Uncle Caleb to show up?
human
Well, I declare, what a lot of ninnies the rest of us were not to think of that! chuckled Lil Artha;
gpt
I tell you it's a good thing for George, Toby, and me that we've got you along, Elmer. We'd be losing our heads next, I'm afraid.
human
It wouldn't be the first time you'd lost your head, Lil Artha, George hastened to assure his comrade.
gpt
But I want to say that I think the idea is all to the good, and that I'm ready to camp right here, and keep on waiting for Uncle Caleb to show up, whether it takes an hour, a day or a week; so long as our supply of venison holds out.
human
So far as that goes, Elmer continued,
gpt
I wouldn't be surprised to see him any old time, because after the storm he'll be anxious to look into this trap.
human
Don't seem to see anything of him yet,
gpt
When he comes, resumed the scout master,
human
I think you'll find it'll be from that direction over there. I see a good place where we can drop down and hide; so come on, fellows.
gpt
Hide? echoed George;
human
Just to see how disappointed Uncle Caleb looks when he gets here, and finds all these signs around, the blood on the snow, the hair of a silver fox in the closed jaws of the trap, and footprints everywhere,
gpt
I can just imagine how he'll act, he ventured;
human
Fifteen hundred dollars, and for that measly little runt? I don't believe there's a word of truth about the story. Somebody's been stuffing you, Elmer.