human
You saved my life! said Hank Snogger.
gpt
I shan't forget it, never! and he gave the youth a grateful look.
human
I fired on the bear, but only hurt him enough to make him ugly. I fell right over him while I was after a deer I had wounded some time before.
gpt
Oh, then you were the hunter we heard shoot, said Todd.
human
The deer got away, eh?
gpt
Yes, I lost track of the deer when I hit the bear, answered the cowboy from the Merwell ranch.
human
I'm mighty glad you came up!
gpt
It's all right, I am glad I did too, answered the youth.
human
I was wishing I'd get a chance at a bear.
gpt
And to think it was you, boy! went on the cowboy, feelingly.
human
You--and after what I did to you!
gpt
Let us forget that, Snogger.
human
I ain't going to forgit it. I was a low-down hound, that's what I was, said the man, with energy.
gpt
I listened to what that Link Merwell had to say against you, and I planned to do you all the harm I could,--jest to please that fellow.
human
Hank, you made a mistake to go over to Merwell, put in Sid Todd.
gpt
I don't like to hit at a fellow when he's hurted, but I've got to speak my mind.
human
Well, you are only telling the truth, answered Snogger, shortly.
gpt
I know it as well as you do. I'm going to quit Merwell the first chance I git.