human
If you did that--took my Daddy's place, she said,
gpt
That goes, said Sandy, putting out his hand.
human
Fo' all three of us. When the mines are payin' dividends, we split, half on 'count of the Three Star, half to you. Providin' you fall in line with the eddication, so's to do yore dad, yo'se'f an' us, yore pardners, due credit when the money starts comin' in. Sabe?
gpt
I don't sabe the eddication part of it, she answered.
human
Jest what does that mean? I don't want to go to school with a lot of kids who'll laf at me.
gpt
You don't have to. As pardners, Sandy went on earnestly,
human
I don't mind tellin' you that the Three Bar has put all its chips into the kitty an', while we figger sure to win, we can't cash in any till the increase of the herds starts to make a showin'. Not till after the fall round-up, anyway. So yore eddication'll have to be put off a bit. Meantime you'll learn to ride an' rope an' mebbe break a colt or two, between meals an' ridin' herd on the dirt. When you start in, it'll be at one of them schools in the East where they make a speshulty of western heiresses. How's that sound?
gpt
Sounds fine. On'y, you've picked up Dad's hand to gamble with. Mebbe it ain't yore game, nor the one you'd choose to play if it wasn't forced on you.
human
Sister, said Sam,
gpt
Sam says it, backed Sandy.
human
One good gamble!