human
Well, that must have been a great place for a man to live in, said Oscar, after he had inspected the premises.
gpt
How long has the old fellow been dead?
human
I don't know, said Jerry;
gpt
I wonder what he lived here for; does anybody know?
human
No, he was a hermit, and that's all anybody knows about him. They say he used to have a garden, and raised everything he wanted to eat. In the summer time he used to work a good deal for two or three farmers that lived over at Cedar Hill, at the further end of the pond. He had a little skiff, and rowed back and forth in that. He never used to spend any money, and people say he must have had all of a thousand dollars, that he had earned, when he died; but nobody knew what became of it. They suppose he buried it about here somewhere, or hid it in some rock.
gpt
A thousand dollars! said Oscar;
human
I 'm going to hunt for that; what will you bet I won't find it?
gpt
Pooh! replied Jerry,
human
I 'm going to try, at any rate,
gpt
Stop, don't go now, said Jerry;