human
Short and Long got one on Old Dimple again to-day, said Chet.
gpt
You know he's forever hammering the Romans into us. We ought to call him 'The Old Roman'--we really had! There's that Roman lad who was such an athlete and all-around pug----
human
gasped Laura.
gpt
Wait till mother hears you say _that_.
human
Ha! I'm going to watch to see that she doesn't hear me, Sis, returned her brother.
gpt
Well, Old Dimple was telling us about this lad who used to swim across the Tiber three times before breakfast. And when he'd expatiated on the old boy's performance, Short and Long put up a mitt----
human
And Billy says: 'What's puzzling me, is why he swam it _three_ times?'
gpt
Tickets! cried Lance, as the girls laughed at the story.
human
Here comes the conductor. Get your pasteboards ready.
gpt
Who says that's the conductor, Lance?
human
Huh! It's Mr. Wood, isn't it? He's the conductor of this train.
gpt
Impossible, sighed Chet
human
Wood is a non-conductor.
gpt
ending of,
human
Ziz--z--z--z----Boom!