human
It's gone, Matt! cried the girl wildly;
gpt
Vat a luck it iss! growled Carl, holding one hand to his face, where it had been cut by a piece of glass.
human
I got pack here so kevick as I couldt, Miss Eliza, aber dot Prisco feller was kevicker as me. Donnervetter! Matt, ve come oudt to look for dot poy und ve lose der pox! Dot vill be some nice t'ings to dell Legree.
gpt
Oh, cried the girl, half-crying;
human
I shouldn't have come! Even if it was all right for me to come I ought to have left the box at the hotel. Now we'll never be able to get our money from Brisco!
gpt
Don't worry about it, Eliza, said Matt.
human
If any one is to blame, I'm the one. There's something queer about that tin box. If it's so valuable, why didn't Legree take care of it himself? Why did he trust it to you?
gpt
Before I had it, returned the girl,
human
Uncle Tom was carrying it. He lost it in the river, and had to jump in after it.
gpt
More carelessness on Legree's part! Uncle Tom, as I figure it, is about the most irresponsible member of your party, and yet Legree allowed him to carry a box which, Brisco had said, was worth ten thousand dollars. It don't look reasonable to me.
human
Dot's vat it don'd! exclaimed Carl.
gpt
Aber Prisco vanted dot pox pooty pad to go afder it like vat he dit. Meppy it vas vort' a lod to him, und nodding to Legree and der rest oof der parn-shtormers.
human
Just because it _was_ valuable to Brisco is the very reason I should have been more careful with it, went on the girl.
gpt
We might have made him pay us what he owed us, and then we could all have gone back to Denver. Now--now----
human
Say, wheedled Carl,
gpt
I vouldn't do dot. You don'd helup nodding novay oof you cry. Don'd fret aboudt der olt pox. Matt und me vill gif you der money to go py Tenver. Jeer oop a liddle.
human
Take my word for it, Eliza, said Matt, as the girl lifted her head and got better control of her feelings,
gpt
Dot von't amoundt to nodding, Matt, said Carl, climbing back into the front seat.
human
Prisco vill ged off der horse und indo der runaboudt und der officer mighdt as vell dry to ketch some shtreaks oof greased lighdning.
gpt
It may be, Carl, speculated Matt,
human
Vat's deir game, anyvay? Dot's vat I vant to know. Oof deir game vas to ged der pox, den it vas all ofer, und ve don'd haf nodding to do mit Brisco und Spangler some more. Py shinks! Dot knocks us oudt oof a t'ousand tollars, Matt.
gpt
All Legree was keeping the box for, quavered the girl,
human
Legree ought to have hung onto the box himself,
gpt
Prisco iss too schlick for Legree,
human
I wish I understood what Brisco and Legree are up to, muttered Matt.
gpt
There's more to this than appears on the surface.
human
Yah, I bed you, agreed Carl, wagging his head.
gpt
Oof I knew as mooch as I vould like, den I vould tell you all aboudt it, vich I don'd. Den dere iss Efa. His monkey-doodle pitzness makes der t'ing vorse.