human
G'lang there! Wal, I'll be switched if she isn't comin' daown ter the bars naow. Wonder what's up?
gpt
Jabez! Jabez! _Ja--bez!_
human
All right, I'll be there,
gpt
but his bravery was not put to the test. Before he could reach the bars where his wife stood waiting, she cried out vehemently,
human
Jabez Brimblecom, what do ye think? Mis' Hodgkins used ter know yer cousin Sabriny when they both wuz girls, an' she says she's jest got a letter a sayin' that Sabriny's comin' here ter make er long visit. She's goin' ter spend two weeks with Mis' Hodgkins, an' all the rest er the summer with us. Jabez, I'd rather heerd of er cyclone a hittin' us, fer ye well know that there'll be no peace 'til she packs an' starts fer home.
gpt
I know it, I know it,
human
I got er letter in my pocket, an' I been hatin' ter show it to ye, but mebbe ye might as well read it and make what ye can out'n it.