human
Some chuck, he said in an attempt at good-fellowship,
gpt
I should say not, she answered, testing one of her dishes cautiously.
human
But why associate me with New York?
gpt
You can't hide those things in a joint like this. Besides, that's the way you registered.
human
Oh, so you've looked me up.
gpt
Well, naturally, he explained, as though with a dim idea that an explanation was required,
human
I took a squint at the register; then I became more interested, for I'm from little old New York myself.
gpt
You are? Selling goods on the road away out here?
human
Not me; that ain't my line at all. I've got a considerable mining deal on up the cañon. I'll earn every dollar I'll make, though, eating this grub. Believe me, I'd like to be back by the Hudson right now.
gpt
You've been here some time, then?
human
Oh, more than a week ago,
gpt
Then I suppose you haven't much late New York news? Nothing startling, I mean?
human
No; only what has been reported in the Western papers. I do not recall anything particularly interesting. She dropped her eyes to her plate and busied herself with a piece of tough beef.
gpt
The usual murders, of course, and things of that kind.
human
These fellows out here think they are a pretty tough lot, he said grimly,
gpt
Not very well, she admitted with apparent regret,
human
There ain't a third of them ever told, and he leaned forward, quite at his ease again.
gpt
I have some business interests down that way, and so hear a good deal of what is going on at first hand. A New York gunman is so much worse than these amateurs out here there ain't no comparison. Why, I know a case----
human
Tell me about it.