human
What're you kids doin' here?
gpt
We're just waiting for some of our friends to come back,
human
Where'd your friends go?
gpt
They just took a trip in the motor boat, replied Hal cautiously.
human
They'll be back soon.
gpt
Oh, they will, eh, leered the man as if he penetrated the weakness of the warning in the boy's answer.
human
How many are they of your friends?
gpt
More than we are,
human
Oh, come now, kids, tell us the truth, ordered the leering spokesman, advancing a pace nearer.
gpt
Tell us how many went away in your boat and how soon they'll be back.
human
There was a large man and a big boy,
gpt
Oh, grunted the spokesman;
human
Is the island for sale?
gpt
Fer sale? repeated the spokesman of the quartet, all four of whom seemed to exchange among themselves a round of sinister glances.
human
Well, I guess nit. They ain't enough money this side o' the United States treasury to buy this island from us.
gpt
We might be able to scrape up a handsome sum, if necessary,
human
Nothin' doing. We want you guys to git out o' here. This is our summer resort, eh, Spike
gpt
Spike
human
You bet it is, cap'n. We're gen'lemen of leisure an' don't care fer money. All we want is our own, and they's sure to be trouble if anybody tries to take it away from us.
gpt
Well, we don't want anything that doesn't belong to us, was Bud's reassuring answer;
human
Who is he?
gpt
His name is Perry and he lives at Oswego, New York,
human
Well, you all go somewheres else to talk that matter over and then take it up with my real estate agent. Meanwhile I don't allow no trespassers on this ground.
gpt
But we can't go until our friends come back with their boat, said Hal.
human
They promised to return soon.
gpt
Where did they go?
human
To the Canadian Coast.
gpt
What fer?
human
To get another friend who will join us.
gpt
Well, they'd better hurry up or they won't find you when they get back.
human
What's that you got there? asked the man who had been addressed as
gpt
Spike
human
That's a wireless outfit, you goof,
gpt
I tell you what we'll do, Hal announced, taking inspiration from the attention thus called to his radio apparatus.
human
We'll call our friends by wireless and have them return at once and take us away. How's that?
gpt
All right, was the assenting response.
human
Go ahead, but be careful, no tricks, or our revenge will be speedy, and that's no name fer it.