human
A contract won't steer worth a cent unless it's in writing, Emily, said he, looking over his wife's shoulder as she wrote.
gpt
Gracious, girl, you're making it too thin; _any_ greenhorn could sail right through that and all around it. Here, let _me_ have it. And Crayme wrote, dictating aloud to himself as he did so,
human
And the--party--of the first part--hereby agrees to--do everything--else that the--spirit of this--agreement--seems to the party--of the second--part to--indicate or--imply.
gpt
That's the way we fix contracts that aren't ship-shape, Emily; a steamboat couldn't be run in any other way. Then Crayme wrote at the foot of the paper,
human
Sam Crayme, Capt. Str. _Excellence_
gpt
Now, you see, you've got me so I can't ever get out of it by trying to make out that 'twas some other Sam Crayme that you reformed.
human
Oh husband! said Mrs. Crayme, throwing her arms about the captain's neck,
gpt
Oh, don't, little girl! Wait till next trip. There's an unpleasant set of passengers aboard; the barometer points to rainy weather, so you'd have to stay in the cabin all the time; our cook is sick, and his cubs serve up the most infernal messes; we're light of freight, and have got to stop at every warehouse on the river, and the old boat'll be either shrieking, or bumping, or blowing off steam the whole continual time.
human
Never mind the rest; I see you don't want me to go, and then she became Mrs. Crayme again as she said, pressing her face closely to her husband's breast,