human
How de do, Miss MacDonald? Pretty nice day, but I'm afraid it's a weather-breeder. The wind's trying to change, I notice.
gpt
Yes, and so I mustn't stop. Could you ride part way home with me, Mr. Seabeck? I--want to talk with you about something. And I can't stop a minute. I must get home.
human
Why, certainly, I'll go. If you'll wait just a minute while I saddle up--or if you'd rather ride on, I'll overtake you.
gpt
I'll ride on, I think. Blue hates standing around, and he's a little warm, too. You're awfully good, Mr. Seabeck--
human
Oh, not at all! Seabeck stubbed his toe on the stable doorsill in his confusion at the praise.
gpt
I'll be right along, soon as I can slap a saddle on.
human
Why will people do things that make a lot of trouble for others? she cried out petulantly. And then she heard the steady _pluck, pluckety-pluck_ of Seabeck's horse, and twisted her lips with a whimsical acceptance of the part she had set herself to play. She might smash things, she told herself, but at the worst it would be only a premature smash.
gpt
Come, Bill, she adjured herself, pretending it was what Ward would have said, had he looked into her mind.
human
Be a Bill-the-Conk--and a good one! Shove in your chips and play for all there is in it.
gpt
You must have some lightning method of saddling, Mr. Seabeck,
human
We learn to do things quick when we've handled cattle a few years,