human
Yo're just the man we are looking for! cried a tall, dark, graceful young fellow,
gpt
We are all 'specially needful of wisdom. The drinks are on some one, and we cain't decide who.
human
State your case, Cal,
gpt
John Webb, here-excuse _me_, Sheriff John Webb-presumin' on the fact that he has been to the mines, and that he came here in '49, arrogates to himself the exclusive lyin' privileges, of this assemblage.
human
Pretty large order,
gpt
agreed Cal,
human
I told them an innocent experience of mine, and they try to hold me up for drinks. I don't object to giving them a reasonable amount of drinks--what _I_ call reasonable, he added hastily,
gpt
He says he used to cook,
human
I did!
gpt
And that he baked a loaf of bread so hard nobody could eat it.
human
Sounds perfectly reasonable,
gpt
And that nobody could _break_ it,
human
I have no difficulty in believing that, said Sherwood judicially.
gpt
Your case is mighty weak yet, Cal.
human
But he claims it was so hard that they used it for a grindstone.
gpt
I did not!
human
I tell you I didn't say anything of the kind,
gpt
Well, what did you say, then?
human
I said we tried to use her as a grindstone, said Webb,
gpt
Weak case, boys; weak case,