human
What do you think of it?
gpt
It seems to be a good gun. Whose is it?
human
Mine, was the proud response.
gpt
Colonel Butler ordered that it be given to me, and I'm to use it, too, mother.
human
For what purpose?
gpt
The other Colonel Butler--you know he is a cousin to ours--has got a whole lot of Tories (who, you know, were Americans fighting against their countrymen)
human
I wish that was a Tory or one of those Six Nation Indians--wouldn't I drop him!
gpt
Omas has been here; that is his little girl that you hear laughing with Alice. He has told me the same as you--the Tories and Indians are coming, and he wants us to flee with him.
human
What does he mean by that?
gpt
He says they will put us all to death, and if we do not go with him, we will be killed too.
human
He forgets that I am with you! Omas is very kind; but he and his Tory friends had better look out for themselves. Why, with the men at the fort, Colonel Butler will have several hundred.
gpt
But they are mostly old men and boys.
human
Well, said the high spirited lad, with a twinkle of his fine hazel eyes,