human
My son, Mrs. Randolph cried the moment she caught sight of Bud,
gpt
Oh, mother, mother, and Bud excitedly caught hold of his mother's hand,
human
What? and the astonished and horrified woman caught hold of both of his shoulders and shook him.
gpt
Have you gone clean crazy, Bud Randolph, to speak of murder and robbery like that?
human
I--I, stammered Bud,
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I forgot the dead miner. We were too late to save him; but he lived long enough to tell us-- He stopped abruptly and glanced swiftly around the room. The secret of the Cave of Gold must not be proclaimed from the housetops! There was no one in the room with himself, but the two women and the two girls.
human
Mother, Mrs. Conroyal, he continued, lowering his voice,
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Hush! Not so loud! and Thure, who at that moment stepped into the room from the sala, where the body of the dead miner lay, lifted a warning hand.
human
There are many ears in there, and he pointed to the door he had just closed behind him,
gpt
I--I, and Thure stopped at the door of his mother's room and looked hesitatingly at Iola and Ruth,
human
I--I reckon it is too great a secret to tell you two girls just now. You had better wait--
gpt
No! --
human
No!
gpt
We girls can keep a secret just as well as you boys can, and you know it; for, haven't we saved you from many a licking by not telling your dads what you had been up to? But if this is the way you are going to treat us, we'll fix you next time,
human
Besides, supplemented Iola triumphantly,
gpt
Oh, Christmas! You couldn't keep nothing from the girls!
human
Well, I reckon the secret is just as safe with them as it is with us, protested Bud stoutly, flushing a little,
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No, no, affirmed Iola emphatically.
human
We'll not breathe a word of it to a living human being. We'll die first. We'll not disappoint your trust in us, Bud, and she glanced a bit scornfully from Bud to her brother.
gpt
Will we, Ruth?
human
Never, and Ruth's red lips closed tightly over her pearly teeth.
gpt
Do you suppose we'd betray those we love?
human
All right. See that you don't, then, and Thure's face cleared. To tell the truth he was just a little ashamed of the lack of confidence he had shown in his sister and Ruth.
gpt
Anyhow, you know so much now that you might as well be told the rest, so come on,