human
Just make believe I don't know a crack pitcher when I see one,
gpt
Say, fellows, what have you got on hand for to-day? asked Tom, as he burst into the
human
Nothing, said Bert, turning from a not too promising survey of the surrounding country,
gpt
Hear, hear! cried Tom from the depths of his chair.
human
That's fine for a starter, old top. Keep it up and perhaps you can actually persuade us that you amount to something. It's rather a hopeless task, but it wouldn't do any harm to try.
gpt
You're such a bonehead that you don't recognize real worth when you see it, Bert retorted, good-naturedly.
human
There's another one, he added, pointing to Dick, who was trying to figure out a calculus problem.
gpt
He prefers grinding in calculus to listening to an interesting tale of my trials and tribulations.
human
It isn't a question of preference, it's a case of dire necessity, Dick sighed, despondently.
gpt
If only I hadn't cut class the other day I would be all right, but as it is I'll have to cram to make up for it. Oh, if I only had the fellow who invented calculus here, I'd---- and in the absence of anything better Dick pulled his own mop of tangled hair and applied himself furiously to the solving of what he called
human
Poor old chap, never mind, consoled Tom.
gpt
When I come back to-night with old Pete under my arm I'll tell you just how I caught him.
human
Do you mean to say that you are going fishing for old Pete to-day?
gpt
Sure, Tom replied, placidly.
human
Didn't we agree that the first clear Saturday we had off we'd take for our fishing trip?
gpt
So we did, but that was so long ago that I'd clean forgotten it. Why didn't you remind us of it sooner, Tom? You would have spared me a lot of useless worry as to how I was going to spend a baseball-less day.
human
I didn't think of it myself until I came into the room, Tom admitted,
gpt
Don't let it worry you, Dick retorted.
human
Do you suppose that anything in earth could keep me from hunting Old Pete to-day, now that you have brought him so forcibly to my mind? Go on down and get your tackle, Tom. Bert and I will join you in no time.
gpt
But, really, Dick, Tom protested, with mock severity,
human
Get out before I put you out,
gpt
Since you insist, laughed the fugitive through the keyhole,
human
We'll be there with bells on,
gpt
I'll see you to-night, old fellow.