human
Did you hear about the Kid's latest? Why don't you have him arrested for bigamy?
gpt
He'll never have any luck. My mother is a widow, and she prays to God to afflict him with a widow's curse.
human
One of the Ten Commandments, I replied,
gpt
Stop preaching, Jim, she said,
human
It's mine, I dropped it. I would open the leather and let her get a peep of the bills, and that would set her pilfering propensities going.
gpt
It's mine, she would repeat.
human
What's in it? I would hold the leather carefully away from her, look into it cautiously and say:
gpt
I can see a twenty dollar bill, a thirty dollar bill, and a one hundred dollar bill, but how do I know you dropped it? Then she'd get excited and exclaim,
human
If you don't give it to me quick I'll call a policeman.
gpt
Madam, I would reply,
human
I am an honest workingman, and if you will give me ten dollars for a reward, I will give you this valuable purse. Perhaps she would then say:
gpt
Give me the pocket-book and I'll give you the money out of it. To that I would reply:
human
No, Madam, I wish you to receive the pocket-book just as it was. I would then hand her the book and she would give me a good ten dollar bill.
gpt
There is a woman down the street, I would continue,