human
Bat! Bat! cried the man,
gpt
He seized a leathery hand in his own.
human
I'd rather see you, now, than any man in the world. What do you make of it, Bat? Tell me--what has happened?
gpt
You heard what they said?
human
Do you think they're alive?
gpt
Have you been with Tex all the time--this past year?
human
Would you have known it if he had been writing letters? Has he ever talked about--about--my wife?
gpt
You mean, you think they've planned it all out to run away together?
human
W'at you t'ink?
gpt
I--I don't know what to think.
human
W'at you t'ink?
gpt
What can I think? cried the man in desperation.
human
She planned to be here today--and she met him here--and they are gone! What do you think?
gpt
Me, A'm t'ink, you pret' mooch, w'at you call, de Godam fool. You lov' dat 'oman. You be'n marry wan year--an' you ain' know dat 'oman. You de gran' pilgrim. Me, A'm know dat 'oman. Ol' Bat, she tell Tex way back on Antelope Butte, dat tam, dat ain' hees 'oman--dat de pilgrim 'oman. Dat 'oman, he lov' you--Ol' Bat, know dat. Tex, she ain' belief dat, he paused and shrugged, expressively.
human
W'at de hell! She mar' de pilgrim, lak A'm say. An' Tex she feel ver' bad. She ain' drink no booze for wan' year--becos' she t'ink, w'en she feel lak dat, de booze she git heem--an' she would. A'm know 'bout dat, too. A'm know Tex. A'm know he gon' git drunk today, sure as hell. So A'm com' long tonight an' git heem hom'. He lov' dat oman too mooch. Dat hurt heem lak hell een here. The old half-breed paused to tap his breast, and proceeded.
gpt
He ain' wan' see dat 'oman no more. She com' 'long, w'at you call, de haccident. Me, A'm ain' know how dat com' dey gon'--but no mattaire. Dat all right. Dat good 'oman an' Tex, he good man, too. He ain' harm dat 'oman--he got de good heart. A'm ain' say dat Tex she ain' got not'in' to do wit' 'omans. But she know de good 'oman--an' she lov' dat good 'oman--an' dat 'oman she safe wit' Tex lak she wit' de own modder. You come 'long now wit' Ol' Bat, an' git de hoss, we gon' fin'. Mebbe-so tomor', mebbe-so nex' week--dat mak' no differ'. You fin' out dat all right.