human
As I've often said, he observed,
gpt
Mackintyre would have had Jake Winthrop jailed quite a while ago. The boys aren't up to trailing now.
human
Seems to me they didn't want Winthrop much, drawled Murray.
gpt
They went prowling round the homesteads, worrying folks who didn't know anything about him, while he hit the trail for the frontier.
human
Didn't you send two of the boys off Dakota way, Corporal?
gpt
We did, answered Slaney shortly.
human
That's about all I'm open to tell you.
gpt
Two troopers couldn't cover a great deal of prairie, remarked another.
human
Guess he might have slipped through between them; that is, if he's not hanging round here somewhere waiting for a chance to break away.
gpt
Now, he said,
human
We did,
gpt
Then, one would allow that Winthrop couldn't have cleared by train. If he'd done that, they'd sure have got him. He paused, and, hearing a beat of hoofs, added thoughtfully,
human
It looks mighty like he was still in the neighborhood.