human
Give it up as a bad job! observed Dan.
gpt
Say, I'll meet that crook some day and, boy! How I'll make him suffer!
human
He will be punished sooner or later, said Professor Oakwood.
gpt
No villain escapes in the long run. Sometimes the penalty is delayed, but somehow, sometime, the evil-doers pay for their wickedness.
human
Is that why you never get excited, Dad?
gpt
Yes, Dick, I am philosophic about life. Believing as I do, I can take things as they come.
human
You and the Mahatma would have a lot to talk about, said Dan eagerly.
gpt
Say, that wise old bird has everything all figured out. He's wonderful!
human
Dan is funny, she said.
gpt
First he disbelieves everything, but once he is convinced, he swallows all he is told.
human
Oh, come now, Ray, exclaimed her brother.
gpt
You should be the first to admit that Old Santa Claus--I mean the Mahatma--is the real thing. Why, without him we would have been killed by the savages and you would not have been rescued.
human
Seeing is believing! laughed Ray.
gpt
When I actually _see_ all that, I'll believe it.
human
I am anxious to talk to this wise man from the East, he said.
gpt
There is nothing I should like better than to learn more about his occult power.
human
You will have the chance today, said Dick.
gpt
He is waiting for us at the camp.
human
That's where you're wrong, said Dan.
gpt
Some mysterious power tells me that he is on his way here.
human
Hocus-pocus! Abracadabra! Now-you-see-it. Now-you-don't! Here comes the Mahatma now!
gpt
Dan Carter, you're spoofing us!
human
Say, you foxy rascal! he exclaimed.
gpt
It's easy to guess what 'mysterious power' told you that the Mahatma is on the way. It was just good eyesight!
human
I told you so! cried Ray.
gpt
All this crystal gazing and the other miracles can be explained just as easily. I bet the Mahatma has been laughing at you all the time.