human
If we could only obtain some clear and definite idea as to their manner of carrying out this plan, said Kenneth,
gpt
I would be the happiest man on earth. But we will be compelled to work in the dark,--simply waiting for them to act.
human
Well, Moll Hawk hain't been able to find out just yet when er how they're goin' to do it, said Stain.
gpt
All she knows is that two or three men air comin' up from Attica on the Paul Revere and air goin' to get off the boat when it reaches her pa's place. Like as not this scalawag of a justice will be one of 'em, but that's guesswork. That reminds me to ask, did you ever run acrosst a feller in the town you come from named Jasper Suggs?
human
Jasper Suggs? I don't recall the name.
gpt
Well, she says this feller Suggs that's been stayin' at Martin's cabin fer a week er two claims to have lived there some twenty odd years ago. Guess you must ha' been too small to recollect him. She says he sort of brags about bein' a renegade durin' the war an' fightin' on the side of the Injins up along the Lakes. He's a nasty customer, she says. Claims to be a relation of old Simon Girty's,--nephew er something like that.
human
Does he claim to have known any of my family down there?
gpt
From what Moll says he must have knowed your pa. Leastwise, he says the name's familiar. He was sayin' only a day or two ago that he'd like to see a picter of your pa. He'd know if it was the same feller he used to know soon as he laid eyes on it.
human
Do you suppose you could get a letter to Moll Hawk if I were to write it, Stain?
gpt
I could, said the other,
human
I was only wondering if she could find out a little more about this man Suggs,--just when he lived there and--and all that.
gpt
He's purty close-mouthed, she says. Got to be, I reckon. He fell in with Martin ten er twelve years ago, an' there was a price on his head then. Martin hid him for awhile an' helped him to git safe away. Like as not Suggs ain't his real name anyhow.