human
There is change, sir --he addressed himself to Ladds--
gpt
This is high tide, I see, said Jack, laughing.
human
I hope that American high tides last longer than ours.
gpt
I am hopeful, Mr. Dunquerque, that they air of a more abiding disposition. If you should be curious, gentlemen, to know my history since I left you in San Francisco, I will tell you it from the beginning. You remember that blessed inseck, the Golden Butterfly?
human
In the little box, said Ladds.
gpt
I asked you after his welfare last night.
human
Before you begin, he interposed,
gpt
Is that so?
human
And we have put you into it, with an account of Empire City.
gpt
Me--as I was--in rags and without even a gun?
human
Yes; not a flattering likeness, but a true one.
gpt
And the lucky shot, is that there too?
human
Some of it is there, said Ladds.
gpt
Jack would not have the whole story published. Looked ostentatious.
human
Gentlemen, I shall buy that book. I shall take five hundred copies of that book for my people in the Dominion. Just as I was, you say--no boots but moccasins; not a dollar nor a cent; running for bare life before a Grisly. Gentlemen, that book will raise me in the estimation of my fellow-countrymen. And if you will allow me the privilege, I shall say it was written by two friends of mine.