human
About half a pound, he judged.
gpt
And look at those rough edges! It would have been all up with me, if it had landed.
human
Do you notice that that's about the weight of a baseball? asked Jim significantly.
gpt
And it went for your head as straight as a bullet. It would have caught you square if you hadn't stooped just as you did. You can thank your lucky stars that your shoelace came untied. That fellow knew just how to throw, as I said before.
human
You don't mean, replied Joe,
gpt
Just that, affirmed Jim grimly.
human
Now maybe you'll believe me when I say that I saw him to-night. That skunk thought that I had seen him, and slipped into the saloon to get out of sight. Probably he went out through a rear door and has been following us ever since.
gpt
But why----
human
Why? repeated Jim.
gpt
Why does a crazy man do crazy things? Just because he is crazy. He doesn't have to have a reason. If he thinks you've injured him he's just as bitter as though you really had. Hughson's tip was a good one, Joe. The fellow's deadly dangerous. It's only luck that he isn't a murderer this minute.
human
It's good for him I didn't lay my hands on him, replied Joe.
gpt
I wouldn't have hit him, because I don't think he's responsible for what he does. But I'd have had him put where he couldn't do any more mischief for a while.
human
It gives me the creeps to think of what a close call that was,
gpt
Don't say anything about it to the boys, cautioned Joe.
human
The thing would get out, and before we knew it the folks at home would have heard of it. And they wouldn't have an easy minute for all the rest of the trip.