human
She ain't no kind of a manager, I'm 'fraid! said Bill Harmon.
gpt
I give her 'bout four quarts and a half of kerosene for a gallon every time she sends her can to be filled, but bless you, she ain't any the wiser! I try to give her as good measure in everything as she gives my children, but you can't keep up with her! She's like the sun, that shines on the just 'n' on the unjust. Hen Lord's young ones eat their lunch or their supper there once or twice a week, though the old skinflint's got fifty thousand dollars in the bank.
human
Never mind, Bill. said Osh Popham;
gpt
You owe 'em somethin' for listenin' to you, Osh! Seems if they moved here jest in time to hear your stories when you'd 'bout tuckered out the rest o' the village!
human
It's a pity you didn't know a few more stories yourself, Bill, retorted Mr. Popham;
gpt
She's kept you settin' up ever since, Osh!
human
She has so! agreed Osh cheerfully,
gpt
She's a good woman, an' so's my wife, remarked Bill sententiously;
human
He's a first-rate teacher; nobody that ain't hed experience in the school room is fitted to jedge jest how good a teacher Ralph Thurston is, but I have, an' I know what I 'm talkin' about.
gpt
I never heard nothin' about your teachin' school, Osh.