human
Hello, dar! she cried.
gpt
Who's dat?
human
It's me! Harry Loudon.
gpt
Harry Loudon? shouted the woman, running down to the edge of the water.
human
Mah'sr John Loudon's son Harry? What you doin' dar? Is you fishin'?
gpt
Fishing! cried Harry.
human
No! I want to get ashore. Have you a boat?
gpt
A boat! Lors a massy! I got no boat, Mah'sr Harry. How did ye git dar?
human
Oh, I got adrift, and my boat's gone! Isn't there any man about?
gpt
No man about here, said the woman.
human
My ole man's gone off to de railroad. But he'll be back dis evenin'.
gpt
I can't wait here till he comes, cried Harry.
human
Haven't you a rope and some boards to make a raft?
gpt
Lor', no! Mah'sr Harry. I got no boards.
human
Tell ye what ye do, dar, shouted the biggest boy, a woolly-heady urchin, with nothing on but a big pair of trousers that came up under his arms and were fastened over his shoulders by two bits of string,
gpt
It's too deep,
human
No, 'tain't, said the boy.
gpt
I sloshed out to dat tree dis mornin'.
human
You did, you Pomp! cried his mother.
gpt
Oh! I'll lick ye fur dat, when I git a-hold of ye!
human
Did you, really?
gpt
Yes, I did, shouted the undaunted Pomp.
human
I sloshed out dar an' back agin.
gpt
But the water's higher now,
human
No, 'tain't, said the woman.
gpt
Tain't riz much dis mornin'. Done all de risin' las' night. Dat tree's jist on de edge of de creek bank. If Pomp could git along dar, you kin, Mah'sr Harry! Did ye go out dar, sure 'nuff, you Pomp? Mind, if ye didn't, I'll lick ye!
human
Yes, I did, said Pomp;
gpt
Then I'll try it,