human
Three dollars is reg'lar pay.
gpt
Too much, said he;
human
I'd better hire a common lab'rer at a dollar 'n a half, an' boss him myself. It's only a cow-shed, ye know.
gpt
Guess, though, ye won't want the nails druv no less p'ticler, will ye, Deac'n? inquired Hay.
human
But I tell yer what I'll do--I'll throw off fifty cents a day.
gpt
Two dollars ort to be enough, George, resumed the Deacon.
human
Carpenterin's pooty work, an' takes a sight of headpiece sometimes, but there's no intellec' required to work on a cow-shed. Say two dollars, an' come along.