human
I've only got one left now, he explained,
gpt
What's happened to the other one?
human
Alphonso--that's the big buck leopard--got nasty this morning and settled his hash. I had to put him out of his misery. He was gutted like a horse in the bull-ring. But he saved me all right. If it hadn't been for him I'd have got a mauling. Alphonso gets these bad streaks just about every so often. That's the second dog he's killed for me.
gpt
Haven't got an Airedale, he said, and just then his eyes chanced to fall on Michael.
human
Try out the Irish terrier, he suggested.
gpt
They're like the Airedale in disposition. Pretty close cousins, at any rate.
human
I pin my faith on the Airedale when it comes to lion dogs,
gpt
So's an Irish terrier a lion dog. Take that one there. Look at the size and weight of him. Also, take it from me, he's all spunk. He'll stand up to anything. Try him out. I'll lend him to you. If he makes good I'll sell him to you cheap. An Irish terrier for a leopard dog will be a novelty.
human
If he gets fresh with them cats he'll find his finish,
gpt
Then, maybe, the stage will lose a star, Collins answered, with a shrug of shoulders.
human
But I'll have him off my chest anyway. When a dog gets a perpetual sour-ball like that he's finished. Never can do a thing with them. I've had them on my hands before.