human
This experience has been a surprise to me from the moment I met you. I had an ugly hour's scramble over the rocks and through a tangle of scrub spruce and briers until I was utterly lost and believed this island an impassable wilderness. Then you came along and brought me to one of the most beautiful spots I ever saw. I should like to stay here all summer and do nothing but look at this magnificent ocean view and sketch these bold shores.
gpt
Do you paint picturs too? queried Uncle Terry, suddenly interested.
human
Telly's daft on doing that, an' is at it all the time she can git! Then he added with a slight inflection of pride,
gpt
Mebbe ye noticed some o' her picturs in the sittin'-room?
human
I saw a lot of pictures there, answered Albert,
gpt
Ye'll hev plenty o' time, was the reply,
human
I must pull my lobster traps fust, an' after that I'll take ye in my dory an' we'll go an' find yer boat. I guess she must be lyin' in Seal Cove, the only openin' 'twixt here an' the head she'd be likely ter run into.
gpt
And so your daughter is an artist, is she? asked Albert, indifferent now as to where the
human
Gypsy was or when he was likely to return to her. He came near adding that that fact was another surprise, but did not. Instead he said,
gpt
Has she ever taken lessons?
human
No, it comes nat'ral to her, replied Uncle Terry;
gpt
he added in a tender tone.
human
Telly's a good girl and Lissy and me set great store by her. She's all we've got in the world; then pointing to a small white stone just to the right of where they were, he added,
gpt
Thar's whar the other one's been layin' fer mor'n twenty years.
human
This one has grown to be a very beautiful girl, said Albert quietly,