human
I always did love to see statutes. But this one's linement is humblier than most on 'em.
gpt
Thank you, mom, for the compliment.
human
You can git a dollar if you can make that man laugh.
gpt
I can.
human
I don't believe it; I've read to him lots of the humorous stories in the late magazines, and he looked fairly gloomy when I got done.
gpt
I don't wonder at that, I do myself. They're awful deprestin'.
human
I've held up in front of him the funny colored supplements to the Sunday papers, and I thought he'd cry.
gpt
Well, sez I,
human
I've pretty nigh shed tears over 'em myself, they made me so onhappy.
gpt
How be you goin' to make him laugh?
human
You watch me and see,