human
I ought to tell you, to begin with, he said,
gpt
I don't think any the worse of you for that. Did you live at the lodging houses?
human
No; until lately I lived with a man who keeps a saloon on the Bowery, and tended bar for him.
gpt
What was his name? As a reporter I know the Bowery pretty well.
human
Tim Bolton.
gpt
Tim Bolton? I know his place well. I think I must have seen you there. Your face looked familiar to me as soon as I set eyes on you.
human
Very likely. A good many people came into Tim's. I couldn't pretend to remember them all.
gpt
Was Tim a relative of yours?
human
I don't believe he was. I always thought that he got hold of me when I was a kid. I don't remember the time when I wasn't with him.
gpt
I suppose you have always lived in New York?
human
No; I lived for several years in Australia. Tim was in the same business there. I came on with him a year or more since.
gpt
Do you think you ever lived in New York before?
human
Yes; Tim has told me that I was born in New York.
gpt
I understand that you have left Tim now?
human
Yes.
gpt
Why, may I ask?
human
Because I didn't like the business he was in. But I liked it better than the one he wanted me to go into.
gpt
What was that?
human
Burglary.
gpt
Well, he said,
human
No; Tim isn't quite so bad. He isn't the worst man alive, though he is a rather hard customer. It was his wanting me to enter a house on Madison Avenue and open a desk that led to me going on this trip.
gpt
Tell me about it, if you don't mind.