human
What is it, Jim?
gpt
They've been around here; we found ther tracks lots o' places,
human
Do you mean Cale and Si and Ed?
gpt
On'y Si and Ed, answered Jim.
human
Cale he wa'n't thar 'tall. We'd sized up his big tracks ef he'd be'n. They was two men in thet canoe larst night, ye seen; wall them must a be'n ther lot as fired the brush. I guess as haow Cale, he muster gone back tew his shack by naow.
gpt
But what on earth could they expect to get by burning us out?
human
Fust place they never oxpected tew burn ther camp, observed Jim;
gpt
Tell us what it was, Jim,
human
I guess as haow they thort we'd hev tew make off a long distance away frum the camp tew fight the fire; an' then they'd hev plenty o' time tew clean her aout; but yeou see, we didn't get fur away 'tall, so they hed all ther work fur nawthin'. But them tracks was as plain as anything, wa'n't they, Eli?
gpt
They be,