human
I hope you never get roped in as I have been, said Mr. Blake, as he sat down.
gpt
Those scoundrels, Field and Melling, would rob a baby of his first tooth if they had the chance!
human
No, I am not likely to have anything to do with them; though I have met them, and Tom gave Mary a glance.
gpt
But did I hear you say they are embarking on a dye enterprise? he asked.
human
I couldn't help overhearing what you said in the hall,
gpt
That's the story they tell, said Uncle Jasper.
human
I was foolish enough to invest in the Landmark Building, and now I'm likely to lose it all in a lawsuit.
gpt
I mentioned it,
human
And that isn't the worst, went on Mr. Blake.
gpt
But Barton--that's your friend of the submarine--will give me the laugh, for he was asked to invest in the same building, and didn't.
human
Oh, maybe it will all turn out right, said Tom consolingly.
gpt
My friend Mr. Damon has a little stock in the same structure.
human
Nothing those two scoundrels have anything to do with will turn out right, declared Mary's uncle.
gpt
And to think of their nerve when they ask me to go in with them on a dye scheme!
human
That's what interests me,
gpt
Well, take my advice and don't become interested to the extent of investing any money, warned Mr. Blake.
human
I'm not going to.
gpt
I didn't mean that way, said Tom.
human
But I happen to be acquainted with an expert dye maker who lost some secret formulae during a fire in Field and Melling's factory.
gpt
You don't say so! cried Mr. Blake.
human
Tom Swift, there's something wrong here! Let you and me talk this over. I begin to see how I may be able to take a peep through the hole in the grindstone,
gpt
If you're going to talk business I think I'll excuse myself,
human
Don't go,