human
There's a bolt out. I didn't notice it when I drove up, he grumbled.
gpt
It's three-eighths by the hole, I think. Ask Bill if he's got anything of the kind in the stable.
human
I've nothing that will fit,
gpt
Then go in and see if they've got one at the hardware store, ordered Nevis.
human
I ought to have thought of that earlier.
gpt
Guess it won't be any use, he said.
human
Thread doesn't go far enough to let the nut to the plate.
gpt
Then what in thunder did you bring it for?
human
Have you been giving that man a hint?
gpt
No, answered Thorne, smiling;
human
I guess I wanted to be quite sure it wouldn't fit, he replied at length.
gpt
If it doesn't, I could see if he has got a shorter one in another package.
human
Well, he cried,
gpt
I've never yet struck anybody quite as thick as you. Couldn't you have brought the shorter one along?
human
Those bolts, Bill answered solemnly,
gpt
No, snapped Nevis;
human
It's highly probable that Slaney will have left Forrester's before our friend gets off, he said.
gpt
In that case, it will no doubt be noon to-morrow before the police make their first attempt to get on Winthrop's trail. I wonder whether anybody except Dave can have seen him.
human
I did, Alison told him;
gpt
Where?
human
At the homestead. Farquhar and his wife were out.
gpt
What brought Winthrop there?
human
That, smiled Alison,
gpt
I may tell you some day, but not just now. I wonder what has kept him in the neighborhood?
human
It's easily figured out. He'd head for Mrs. Calvert's, and probably stay an hour or two there; then he'd go on to Brayton's place--they're friends--at night. Jardine's would be his next call, and he'd be striking west away from the larger settlements when Dave came across him.
gpt
Beavan hasn't anything shorter, and he's doing up his accounts. He can't cut threads on bolts, anyway, he announced.
human
It's Pete who does that kind of thing for him.
gpt
Then where in thunder is Pete?