human
Are you cold, Aunt Matilda?
gpt
Lor' bless you, no, honey! But you see there wasn't hardly any coals left, and I was tryin' to keep the fire alive till somebody would come along and gather me up some wood.
human
Then you were going to cook your breakfast, I suppose,
gpt
Yes, child, if somebody 'ud come along and fetch me something to eat.
human
Haven't you anything at all in the house?
gpt
Not a pinch o' meal, nor nothin' else, said the old woman;
human
Did you know, Aunt Matilda, said Harry,
gpt
Yes; I heerd 'em talk about it, said Aunt Matilda, shaking her head;
human
That's so! said Kate, quickly.
gpt
And you're not going there, either!
human
No, said Harry:
gpt
Kate and I intend to take care of you for the rest of your life.
human
Lor', children, you can't do it!
gpt
Yes; but we can, said Harry.
human
Just you wait and see.
gpt
It'll take a good deal o' money, said the old woman, who did not seem to be altogether satisfied with the prospects held out before her.
human
More'n you all will ever be able to git.
gpt
How much money would be enough for you to live on, Aunt Matilda?
human
Dunno. Takes a heap o' money to keep a person.
gpt
Well, now, said Kate,
human
What shall we begin with?
gpt
We'll begin with corn-meal, said Harry.
human
How much corn-meal do you eat in a week, Aunt Matilda?
gpt
Dunno, said she,
human
Oh, Aunt Matilda! cried Kate,
gpt
Well, then, a half-peck, said she;
human
Yes; but we only mean this for you, Aunt Matilda. We don't mean it for anybody else.
gpt
Well, then, I reckon a quarter of a peck would do, for jest me.
human
We will allow you a peck, said Harry,
gpt
All right, said Kate. And she set down at the top of the paper,
human
Meal, 25 cents.