human
So as I hates the bush rangers like poison, I saddles up and rides into the station; and when I had told the boss, he said I better ride and find you, if I could. You would be at one of the stations this way. I stopped at three of them, and at the last they told me you was here.
gpt
Thank you greatly, my good fellow. Donald's! I don't know the name. Where do they live?
human
They have only been here a couple of months, Reuben's host, who was standing beside him, replied.
gpt
They bought that station of Anderson's. He was a chicken-hearted young fellow, and sold out because of the bush rangers. There is a man, his wife, and her sister, I believe. I fancy they have got a pretty fair capital. They took Anderson's stock, and have been buying a lot more. That's why the bush rangers are going to attack them.
human
I thought, Reuben said,
gpt
No, that was what everyone told him, before he sold it.
human
How far would you say it was from here?
gpt
Thirty-five miles, the settler said.
human
It's ten miles from Barker's, and I reckon that's twenty-five from here.
gpt
Well, of course I shall ride at once; as there are women there, it makes the case all the more urgent. I have got my orderly, and there are two more men at the station, this side of Barker's.
human
You had best stop here for the night, he added, turning to the shepherd.
gpt
You have ridden pretty well thirty miles already, and that at the end of your day's work.
human
Not I, the man replied.
gpt
Jim Walsh is not going to be lying in bed, with the thought of two women in the hands of them murderous bush rangers. You might lend me a fresh horse, if you have got one. If not, I must try and pick one up at one of the stations, as we go along.
human
I have plenty of horses in the yard,
gpt
Well, let us be off as soon as possible, Reuben put in.
human
It's past twelve o'clock now, and we have thirty-five miles to ride, and to stop at two or three places, so we haven't a minute to lose.