human
I wants yer ter understan' dat I'd never gone inter dat game if I hadn't been hard up an' in a bad way, he said, trying to apologize for himself.
gpt
T'ings have been runnin' agin' me, an' I've been on de rocks fer a long time, an' I didn't know how I was ter make a haul any easier dan by breakin' a kid's arm. It warn't no killin' matter nohow, an' so I took der job. I never s'pected I was ter run up agin' anyt'ing like wot you are. If I had, why, wild hosses wouldn't get me ter tried it.
human
My enemy knew enough not to meet me himself.
gpt
Dat's right, an' now I want ter git square wid him fer steerin' me up agin' anyt'ing of der sort. Wot yer goin' ter do wid him--break his neck?
human
I have not decided what I shall do, but I shall not lay a hand on him.
gpt
Yer won't?
human
No.
gpt
Well, I would if I was in your place. I'd t'ump der everlastin' stuffin' outer der bloke--dat's wot!
human
If it is the man whose name is on the card that was given you I shall be sorry for him, for I have always believed him to be a white man.
gpt
An' yer'll be sorry?
human
I will.
gpt
Well, ye're der funniest cove wot I ever saw. Arter ye hed knocked der wind outer me, ye stayed eround ter see dat I wasn't hurt too bad, w'en anybody else would 'a' kicked me inter der gutter an' left me. An' now youse say dat you'll be sorry fer der feller wot hired me ter do yer! I'd like ter know jes' how ye're put up.
human
I can't help being sorry to know that a fellow I have considered white and a friend is crooked and an enemy, if it is to prove that way.
gpt
Say, young feller, I likes you, durn me ef I don't! If you ever has anyt'ing ye wants done, jes' come ter me, an' I'll do it if I kin, an' I won't charge yer nottin'.
human
Thank you, smiled Frank;
gpt
I t'ink ye're right, an' I'm goin' ter try ter do it. I allus did hate ter work, but if I kin git any kind of a job I'm goin' ter try it once more. I don't know w'y it is, but jes' bein' wid youse makes me want ter do der square t'ing.