human
Well, sir, he said,
gpt
It does not strike me as being particularly funny,
human
It doesn't?
gpt
Decidedly not. Why did you lose sight of the other cab?
human
Why, you explained that yourself just now. The two carriages looked just alike; I believe they were the same.
gpt
No, they were not. The man I saw looking from the window of the carriage that passed the Grand Central Depot was not the man we have just been talking to.
human
Are you sure?
gpt
Yes. You followed the wrong carriage; that is all there is to it.
human
Well, admitted the cabby,
gpt
I think you are right. Where shall I take you now?
human
Nowhere; I'll walk. How much do I owe you?
gpt
Ten dollars,
human
Ten what?
gpt
Dollars.
human
Ten dollars for driving me that short distance?
gpt
Do you call that a short distance?
human
Yes; I could have walked it in a good deal less than half an hour.
gpt
Why didn't you, then?
human
I----
gpt
Now, see here, interrupted the cabman, with a threatening air, as he put his face in very close proximity to Al's,
human
I don't want no muss with you. See? But I get that ten dollars. Do you think I'm driving this here thing for fun? Not on your life!
gpt
Now, look lively! I've got something else to do besides standing here chinning with you.
human
Yes, said the boy, quietly,
gpt
What for?
human
So that I can find out just what I ought to pay you. It won't take either of us long to get the information.
gpt
See here, young gent, he said,
human
I don't want no trouble with you.
gpt
If there is any trouble, you will bring it on yourself,
human
I've got no time to waste. Give me a V and I'll call it square.
gpt
I'll give you nothing of the sort.
human
What will you pay, then?
gpt
Two dollars is quite enough.
human
Make it three, boss.
gpt
I can't do it, said Al, who saw that he had by luck hit upon about the right price.
human
Will you take two, or will you go with me to the nearest police station and let them settle the matter there?
gpt
Give me the two, said the man, sullenly.
human
I'll take it, but I'm losing money on the job. If I'd stayed up at the station I might have picked up----
gpt
You might have picked up a bigger greenhorn than you did, added Al.
human
Well, I'll wish you good-morning.
gpt
Well, this is luck. I didn't expect to find you as easy as all this.
human
Oh, it's you, is it? cried Al, recognizing the friendly brakeman who had loaned him the money.
gpt
I'm mighty glad I ran across you.
human
You are, eh?
gpt
Yes, I was going to hunt you up.
human
Oh, you were?
gpt
Of course I was. I wanted to explain to you why I left you so suddenly. You must have thought----
human
I thought the truth--that I had been made the victim of a swindler. I made up my mind that I would hunt you up, but I didn't expect to find you quite so soon; that was blind luck.
gpt
See here, said Al, his anger rising,
human
Lending nothing, interrupted the cabman, who had been a silent listener to the conversation.
gpt
Why, the young villain has just been telling me how he euchered a brakeman up at the Grand Central out of a wad.
human
It is a lie!