human
Hell, ain't it? he said expressively.
gpt
You know whar we are?
human
No; but I never before dreamed any spot could be so terrible.
gpt
This is the Shoshone desert; thar ain't nobody ever comes in yere 'cept wunst in a while a prospector, maybe, er a band o' cattle rustlers. Even the Injuns keep out.
human
But there is a trail; you could not become lost?
gpt
Well, yer might call it a trail, tho' thar ain't much left of it after a sand storm. I reckon thar ain't so many as could follow it any time o' year, but Matt knows the way all right--you don't need to worry none about that. He's drove many a load along yere--hey, Matt?
human
You bet; I've got it all marked out, the same as a pilot on the Missouri. Ye see that sway-back ridge yonder? pointing with his whip into the distance ahead.
gpt
That's what I'm headin' for now an' when I git thar a round rock will show up down a sorter gully. Furst time I came over yere long with Lacy, I wrote all these yere things down.