human
What are you doing here?
gpt
I began to work 'round this place yesterday noon,
human
Oh, you did, eh? You must be the kid 'Lish Davis made so much talk about.
gpt
I am the boy he got the job for, sir.
human
Well, what are you doing here so early? Seven o'clock is the hour.
gpt
Yes, sir; but I don't s'pose it can make much difference if I'm here a little before time, 'cause then I'll get more done, don't you see?
human
And you were figuring on that same thing when you stayed here until eight o'clock last night, eh?
gpt
No, sir; I stayed 'cause I wasn't through washin' all the windows on the second floor, an' didn't want to leave the job half done.
human
Well, in the future you'd better go home when the clock strikes six, the same as others do. What task have they set for you this morning?
gpt
Nothing as yet, sir.
human
That's because you did your work too well yesterday. I suppose they allowed you had enough to last through the balance of this day.
gpt
It would be a pretty poor kind of a boy who couldn't do more'n wash that many windows in a day an' a half,
human
They tell me you're counting on being a fireman one of these days?
gpt
Yes, sir,
human
You seem to be pretty certain of it.
gpt
So I am, sir, 'cause I'll get there after a time if I work hard.
human
You will for a fact, my son, if you believe it as firmly as you seem to. How much have you seen of the building so far?
gpt
I've only been in the room where I was workin' yesterday.
human
Come up into the gymnasium with me. I'm running things in that quarter, an' it might be we can work you in with better profit there, than at window-washing.