human
You've been a fine teacher, he said to Jimmie.
gpt
I congratulate you.
human
Oh, go on!
gpt
Just think, they walked all the way from Mifflin! exclaimed Mary Rose in a voice of awe.
human
It took an automobile and a train and a taxicab to bring me.
gpt
Well, I didn't have money for an auto nor a train nor a taxi, grinned Jimmie,
human
Of course they did. You'd be sure to find friends, Mary Rose told him jubilantly.
gpt
That's the beautiful part of traveling. You find friends everywhere.
human
Sure! Jimmie winked at Mr. Jerry and Bob Strahan.
gpt
I found one friend so glad to see me that he had me arrested.
human
Why, Jimmie Bronson! Mary Rose's eyes were as large as the largest kind of saucers.
gpt
What for? Was Solomon arrested, too?
human
I told you I had more than one chance to sell the brute, with a loving kick at Solomon.
gpt
And one man was so mad when I told him 'nothing doing' that he had me arrested. Said I had stolen the dog from him. You see there's some class to old Sol but there isn't much to me. The judge didn't know which of us was lying until I told him that Sol was a trick dog and would the man who was trying to put one over on me run through his tricks to show they had worked together. The cuss turned green and stammered that he wasn't no animal tamer. The judge gave me a chance and we had a great performance in the courtroom. When it was over the judge said he guessed if I'd had Solomon long enough to teach him so much the man, if he was the owner, should have found him before. He fined the other chap a greenback and gave it to me. We had beefsteak and potatoes for supper instead of going to jail, didn't we, old sport?
human
Good for you!
gpt
Didn't I say I'd get a story out of this?
human
What are you going to do now, Jimmie? asked Mary Rose.
gpt
You aren't going back to Mifflin?