human
Well, you got here all right, I see, remarked Jim Nelson.
gpt
Have any trouble on the way?
human
Not to amount to anything, answered Uncle Toby.
gpt
Funny thing, though, down at Newt Baker's cabin. I stopped there to get some water from his deep well. And as I got near the cabin a man ran out and down the hill.
human
A man! exclaimed Mr. Nelson, while the children listened to the talk.
gpt
I didn't know anybody was living there.
human
There isn't--that is, not living there regularly, said Uncle Toby.
gpt
But a man ran out. I took him for a tramp at first, only he wasn't ragged. But after he ran away I went and looked in.
human
What did you see?
gpt
Well, it looked as if he'd been living there and doing his cooking for some time, went on Uncle Toby.
human
There were a lot of tin cans and odds and ends of loaves of bread, cracker crumbs, and the like on the table in the kitchen. Looked to me as if this man had been camping out in Newt Baker's shack.
gpt
Very likely, said Mr. Nelson.
human
I don't like such characters hanging around Crystal Lake. We'll have to keep watch for him. If there are tramps around they may take things. As a matter of fact, food and little comforts of small value have been taken from some of the cottages and camps. Fred Tuller's son Tom wrote to the Pocono paper and made a whale of a story out of it. But from what you say the matter may be of more importance than we thought. At any rate, we'd better look into it.
gpt
We'll keep a lookout, then, said Uncle Toby.
human
And I'll take another run down to the cabin some day, after I get the Curlytops settled here having fun,