human
It jest dishes me about gittin' that job at the young ladies' gymnasium, heh? said Hebe.
gpt
Did they put that Jackway out?
human
Why, no, said Chet, puzzled a bit by the young man's manner and look.
gpt
Why should they?
human
He warn't no good, grunted Hebe.
gpt
You bet, if I'd had his job, nobody would have got in there and cut up all that stuff without my knowin' who did it.
human
Perhaps he _does_ know who did it,
gpt
He ain't said so, has he?
human
Well--no.
gpt
And they ain't give him the bounce?
human
My father says he doesn't think Jackway is to blame.
gpt
Huh! grumbled Hebe.
human
Maybe I'll git that job yet.
gpt
How do you expect to do it?
human
Never you mind. Henry Grimes has got some influence, I reckon, an' he said I should have it.
gpt
I guess they'll keep on Jackway. I wouldn't think of it, if I was you,
human
Say! that fellow's a dub!
gpt
He's always goin' on about that job at the gym., chuckled Billson, with a hitch of his shoulder toward Hebe's bed.
human
He was talkin' to Miss Grimes about it when she was in to see me the other day. That's a fine gal--Miss Grimes.
gpt
I'm glad you find her so,
human
Nobody really knows who did that mean job in the girls' gymnasium, eh?
gpt
Well--some of us suspect pretty hard,
human
Mebbe I could find out, Mr. Belding.
gpt
How could you?
human
That's telling. Perhaps I know something. I'd do a good deal to clear Miss Grimes of all this suspicion. Oh, I've heard the doctors and nurses talking about it.
gpt
Say! do you think it would help clear her of suspicion if you found out the truth?
human
Huh! why not? returned Billson.
gpt
I guess you're one of these crazy folk that think she did it?
human
No. But I bet she knows who _did_ do it,
gpt
Good-day, young man! snapped Billson.
human
I guess you ain't interested in what I know,