human
For the lands sakes alive! he gasped,
gpt
A stage that runs by electric power,
human
And what's the trouble with you, sir?
gpt
I've been having an awful time with Eliza.
human
Eliza? Who is she?
gpt
My mule.
human
Oh! It looks as if she had been cutting up tricks.
gpt
You'd ought to have seen her; consarn her old hide--and you'd have pitied me. She's the blamedest stubborn critter I ever seen. Once she gets her back up and quits, there's no use trying to go no farther. Look at the way she left me.
human
Pretty sad sight.
gpt
I should say so. She took a sudden notion to stop right here, I coaxed and cajoled her, but she wouldn't budge. Then my dander riz, I spit on my hands and hit her a whang on the tail, and she raised up her heels and kicked out like a battering ram.
human
How unfortunate for you.
gpt
It made my blood bile. I then thumped blazes out of her. The more I soaked her the wuss she kicked, until finally she kicked herself out of the harness and ran sway.
human
And left you here with your load?
gpt
Yes, sir.
human
Have you got far to go?
gpt
Only to yonder old log hut.
human
That isn't far.
gpt
No, not when you say it quick.
human
I'll tow you over there with this machine.
gpt
Will you? Oh, thank you! I was just going to ask you to do it!
human
Is that all?
gpt
Can you help me roll the wagon inside to protect the grain in case it rains before I can find Eliza again?
human
Certainly we will,