human
As you are the sheriff of Clay County, Missouri, I cannot understand what, right you had to desert your post of duty there, and go off on a chase after the James Boys all the way to New York.
gpt
That mystery can easily be explained, replied Timberlake with a smile.
human
I was taking a vacation, to which I am entitled, when I learned of their proposed trip to the metropolis to see the sights. Instead of taking a rest, I became excited into a longing to capture them, and started in pursuit as a detective would have done.
gpt
Oh, that accounts for it!
human
You see I always carry with me a warrant for the arrest of the James Boys and their gang, and therefore was prepared to take them had luck favored me.
gpt
Have a chew?
human
No, I never use plug.
gpt
Don't mention it,
human
I've been havin' a awful hard time o' it, Timberlake.
gpt
You don't say, Tim! What has happened?
human
Oh, 'twuzn't nuthin' wot occurred lately.
gpt
To what do you refer then?
human
A leetle incident wot happened ter me when I wuz aboard o' the ole frigate Wabash in ther navy.
gpt
Indeed! Was you in the navy?
human
A good many years, sir. Whar else did I git this leg blowed off?
gpt
You was just going to mention something that happened.
human
Ay, ay. So I wuz. Yer see, it happened this way. We wuz a coastin' through ther Red Sea one brilln' arternoon, watchin' ther monkeys an' crocodiles on ther Arabian shore when all at onct I noticed a queer yaller-redness in ther sky on ther Afriky shore. It wuz caused by a simoom. Great clouds o' sand, driv' by the wind, wuz a-rushin' acrost ther desert toward ther ship, an' as it came out toward us, we seed we wuz doomed.
gpt
You were in a mighty tight box,