human
Bridget O'Keefe is awful mane wid her apples! soliloquized Mattie,
gpt
Have you come in for some whiskey, old lady?
human
I'll take that by and by. Florence is outside, and we've got some news for you.
gpt
Won't she come in?
human
No; she don't like to be seen in a place like this. She's got a letter from Dodger.
gpt
You don't mean it! ejaculated Tim, with sudden interest.
human
Where is he?
gpt
Come out and see.
human
Good afternoon, Miss Linden, said Tim, gallantly.
gpt
So you've news from Dodger?
human
Yes; here is the letter.
gpt
Curtis is smart, he said, as he handed it back.
human
He couldn't have thought of a better plan for getting rid of the boy. It will take several months for him to reach 'Frisco, and after that he can't get back, for he won't have any money.
gpt
Dodger says he will try to save money enough to pay his way back.
human
It will take him a good while.
gpt
It doesn't take long to come back by cars, does it?
human
No; but it costs a great deal of money. Why, it may take Dodger a year to earn enough to pay his way back on the railroad.
gpt
A year! exclaimed Florence, in genuine dismay--
human
Not in jail, I hope, answered Bolton, jocularly.
gpt
I am afraid your uncle will no longer be in the land of the living.
human
Poor Uncle John! she said, sadly.
gpt
It is terrible to think he may die thinking hardly of me.
human
Leavin' his whole fortune to Curtis,
gpt
That is the least thing that troubles me,
human
A woman's a queer thing, said Tim, shrugging his shoulders.
gpt
Here's a fortune of maybe half a million, and half of it rightfully yours, and you don't give it a thought.
human
Not compared with the loss of my uncle's affections.
gpt
Money is a great deal more practical than affection.
human
Perhaps so, from your standpoint, Mr. Bolton,
gpt
No offense, miss. When you've lived as long as I, you'll look at things different. Well, I'm glad to hear from the lad. If Curtis had done him any harm, I'd have got even with him if it sent me to jail.