human
You can bet we'll be there, Seth, Dan Roberts said emphatically.
gpt
If it hadn't been for the show you're goin' to give we'd bought the Third-Avenoo store yesterday; but Bill an' me both allowed it couldn't be done till to-morrow, 'cause we ain't to be cheated out of seein' how much you know 'bout the fire business. We'll be right in the front row, no matter how much the swells crowd for good places.
human
Are you goin' to act jest like as if you was a reg'lar fireman?
gpt
I shall go through the same drill as the others.
human
Well, old man, I hope you'll get along all right, an' it seems as if you ought'er after workin' so hard. Look for us when your crowd gets there, an' you can be certain of havin' more cheers than anybody else, for we'll yell ourselves blue in the face but that it shall go in good shape.
gpt
Don't make too much noise, Seth said pleadingly.
human
You know I'm only a boy, an' there'll be lots of men who can work all 'round me, so it wouldn't be jest the thing for me to be cheered when I'm the poorest of the lot.
gpt
We know our business, Dan said decidedly,