human
There must be some road back up on the island, he thought,
gpt
and still retaining the cushions, he started to find it. But he was a stranger to Southport Island and the farther away from the sea he got, the thicker grew the tangle of scrub spruce and briers. It was too thick to see anywhere, and after a half hour of desperate scrambling, the afternoon sun began to seem about due east! He had long since dropped the cushions, and finally, in sheer exhaustion, sat down on a rock to collect himself.
human
It looks as though I'm billed to stay here all night, he thought, as he noted the lowering sun,
gpt
He started once more and had not gone ten rods ere he came to one, and then he breathed easier. His clothes were torn, his hands and face scratched by briers, and to save himself he couldn't make it seem but that the sun was setting in the east! He sat down to think. All sound of the ocean was gone and a stillness that seemed to crawl out of the thicket was around him. He rested a few moments more, and then suddenly heard the sound of wheels and presently saw, coming around the curve, an old-fashioned carryall, worn and muddy, and, driving the horse at a jog trot, a man as dilapidated-looking as the vehicle. Gladdened at the sight, he arose, and holding up his hand as a signal, halted the team.
human
Excuse me, sir, he said to the man, who eyed him curiously,
gpt
Wal, was the answer in a slow drawl,
human
I am, answered Page,
gpt
Say, stranger, he observed with a chuckle,
human
I'd like ter 'commodate ye, he added,
gpt
Can you tell the spot where you found me? he said to the man as they started on.
human
I'd like to go back there to-morrow and find my cushions.
gpt
Wal, was the answer,
human
My name's Page, and I'm from Boston, and a lawyer by profession,
gpt
I wouldn't 'a' took ye fer one o' them dern pickpockets, he said,
human
he added, with a chuckle.
gpt
I've had 'sperence with 'em. One of 'em sold me a hole in the ground onct, an' it cost me the hull o' twenty years' savin's! You'll 'scuse me fer bein' blunt--it's my natur.
human
Oh, I don't mind, responded Albert laughingly;