human
Prairie-hens, muttered the elder of the two--a big, burly backwoodsman--as he turned towards his companion with a quiet smile.
gpt
It was very thoughtful on 'em to rouse us, lad, considerin' the work that lies before us.
human
I wish, with all my heart, they didn't rise quite so early, replied the younger man, also a stout backwoodsman, who was none other than our hero March Marston himself;
gpt
I don't approve of risin' until one wakes in the course of nature; d'ye see, Bounce?
human
I _hear_; but we can't always git things to go 'xactly as we approves of,
gpt
B. Ounce. His comrades called him
human
Bounce.
gpt
You see, March, continued Bounce in a quiet way, thrusting his rugged countenance close to the embers occasionally, and blowing up the spark which he had kindled by means of flint, steel, and tinder--
human
I'd see better if you didn't blow the ashes into my eyes in that way, answered March, laughing at the depth of his companion's philosophical remark.
gpt
But I say, old chap, (March had no occasion to call him
human
for Bounce was barely forty),
gpt
Then we shall have to go home without meat that's all,
human
But I promised my mother a buffalo-hump in less than three days, and the first day and night are gone.
gpt
You'd no right to promise your mother a hump, returned the plain-spoken and matter-of-fact hunter.
human
Nobody shud never go to promise wot they can't perform. I've lived, off an' on, nigh forty years now, and I've obsarved them wot promises most always does least; so if you'll take the advice of an oldish hunter, you'll give it up, lad, at once.
gpt
Humph! ejaculated March,
human
I suppose you began your _obsarvations_ before you were a year old--eh, Bounce?
gpt
I began 'em afore I was a day old. The first thing I did in this life was to utter an 'orrible roar, and I obsarved that immediately I got a drink; so I roared agin, an' got another. Leastwise I've bin told that I did, an' if it wasn't obsarvation as caused me for to roar w'en I wanted a drink, wot wos it?
human
Wot now, lad? said Bounce, rising quickly.
gpt
Ha! buffaloes!