human
Where's Bunker Hill?
gpt
Wal, 'bout that, said Strickett--our applicant called his name Izabel Strickett--
human
Jes so, replied Bates;
gpt
Down at the east'ard.
human
Who did the fightin' there?
gpt
Gin'rul Washington fit all the revolution.
human
Where's Spain?
gpt
Where? repeated Strickett--
human
Spain? where is it?
gpt
Yes! where?
human
Them 'ere doctors don't get any of their stuff down my throat. If I can't stand it as long as the _ager_, then I'll give in.
gpt
Wal, now, exclaimed Strickett, looking steadily on the floor,
human
I'll be darn'd if that ere hain't just slipped my mind.
gpt
Where's Turkey?
human
O, yes, said Strickett,
gpt
Turkey--the place they _call_ Turkey--if you'd ask'd me in the street, I'd told you right off, but I've got so fruster'd I don't know nothin'; and thinking a moment, he exclaimed,
human
How many States are there in the Union?
gpt
Spell hos!
human
H--o--s.
gpt
Thunder! roared Bates. Bates _did_ know how to spell horse. He had seen notices of stray horses, and a horse was the most conspicuous object in Puddleford, excepting, of course, Squire Longbow.
human
H--o--s! that's a hos-of-a-way to spell hos!
gpt
Strickett