human
Hullo! look there! exclaimed Whopper.
gpt
Old Felps has been knocked into the middle of next month. There goes his hat in the snow too! Who threw at him?
human
I didn't,
gpt
Neither did I,
human
Nor I,
gpt
Maybe he slipped on some ice,
human
Hi! hi! who threw that snowball! roared Andrew Felps, savagely, as he arose to his feet.
gpt
You young villains! I'll have the law on you for this!
human
Ha! I know you! went on Andrew Felps, striding up to Snap.
gpt
It was you who hit me in the ear and knocked me down!
human
No, sir, I did not,
gpt
I know better! I saw you do it!
human
You are mistaken, Mr. Felps! I was throwing across the street.
gpt
Don't tell me! I know better, Dodge. You hit me and you did it on purpose.
human
I'll have the law on you,
gpt
Snap didn't hit you,
human
Ha! then perhaps you threw the snowball,
gpt
I did not.
human
I know you boys, and I have not forgotten your work against me last summer,
gpt
And we haven't forgotten you, answered Snap, coldly.
human
You have no right to accuse me of something I didn't do.
gpt
Bah! If I find out who hit me I'll make it warm for him!
human
Isn't he a darling? observed Whopper sarcastically.
gpt
How I would love to own him for a brother!
human
I wonder who did hit him? mused Snap.
gpt
The snowball couldn't have come from over here.
human
I know who hit him,
gpt
Who was it, Benny?
human
Ham Spink.
gpt
Ham Spink!
human
Yes.
gpt
Why, he isn't here,
human
He just came up, threw one snowball, and ran away. I guess he meant to hit somebody else and the snowball hit Mr. Felps instead, went on the small boy.
gpt
Don't let him know I told you, or he'll wax me good for it.
human
I shan't tell Ham, said Snap.
gpt
But this is strange,
human
Thought Ham was too much of a dude to throw snowballs, was Whopper's comment.
gpt
Why, he wears a new necktie every day now, and new patent leather shoes, and new gloves, and--
human
Don't pile it on too thick, Whopper, laughed Shep.
gpt
But I admit, he is a dude and no mistake.
human
And a sneak--to run away as soon as he hit old Felps,