human
This ought to interest you, said the Bureau official who was showing him around,
gpt
This must be one o' mine!
human
But that is marked, 'Copy'! said Hamilton
gpt
I was just wondering where the original was.
human
I'm willin' to gamble quite a stack, son, was the surprising reply,
gpt
Why, how's that?
human
Well, I reckon I c'n handle dogs better'n I can a pen, he said,
gpt
Spin us the yarn; I've been up there and I'd like to hear it myself, and I know the lad is just wild to hear it.
human
I want to be a part of that audience, too,
gpt
I don't want to hold up the job!
human
Go ahead, his conductor answered.
gpt
Here we are all waiting, and it's nearly half-past four anyway.
human
Well, then, it was up in the Noatak Pass--
gpt
I don't want to interrupt, right at the start, he said,
human
I should have told you, said the miner goodhumoredly,
gpt
Like distant thunder?
human
Not a bit. It was high, like a gong, an' it wasn't any too good to hear. The dogs knew it, too, for though we had been stopped nearly five minutes none of them had started to fight.
gpt
Do dogs fight every time they stop?