human
I tell you, Bart, I don't like the looks of things,
gpt
What's on your mind? inquired Bart, as he drew the collar of his raincoat more snugly around his neck and turned his back to the sleet-laden wind that was fairly blowing a gale.
human
I don't see anything to get stirred up about except this abominable weather. It's all I can do to keep my feet.
gpt
It is a pretty tough night to be out on patrol duty, agreed Frank.
human
But it wasn't that I was thinking about. It's the way these Huns have been acting lately.
gpt
Are you thinking of that sergeant of ours that was found stabbed to death the other night?
human
Not so much that, replied Frank,
gpt
There certainly is a difference, admitted Bart.
human
Everything was peaches and cream when we first came. The people fairly fell over themselves in trying to tell us how glad they were to have the Americans here instead of the French and English. Now they're getting chesty again. A couple of fellows passed me a little while ago who looked at me as if they'd like to slip a knife into me if they dared.
gpt
They hate us all right, declared Frank.
human
It makes them sore as the mischief to have Americans keeping the watch on the Rhine. They're mad enough to bite nails every time they're reminded of it.
gpt
And that's pretty often, laughed Bart,
human
Well, trouble's coming all right, prophesied Frank.
gpt
There are lots of new faces in the city, fellows who seem to have come from the outside. You know Germany's being ripped up the back everywhere by mobs, and the red flag is flying in Berlin. I have a hunch that these outsiders have come to start the same thing here.
human
If they do they'll get more than they bargained for, said Bart grimly.
gpt
They'll find they're monkeying with a buzz saw. What our fellows would do to them would be a sin and a shame. But here come Tom and Billy, if I'm any sort of a guesser.
human
Right you are,