human
They meant to kill you!
gpt
Ay, ay, lad! But you balked 'em!
human
And I've get most of the stolen money back,
gpt
Donner und blitzen!_ Vot a surbrised barty dot vos fer der pandits, roared Fritz.
human
Inshtid of Yesse Yames hookin' money from odder beoples, it must haf peen shtrange fer him ter haf money hooked from him alretty.
gpt
Yes--a very novel experience for the thief, said the sheriff, dryly.
human
I congratulate you, Mr. Wright, for doing something to that villain that nobody else ever did. It is a most remarkable thing for Jesse James to be robbed.
gpt
I reckerlect when I wuz in ther navy, said Tim,
human
I once had a experience like that. We went out ter hunt fer a fillibuster's ship when wot wuz our surprise ter have ther lubber tackle us. Gee whiz! wuzn't I mad! I ups an' loads one o'ther guns ter fire at him when he slipped aroun' asturn us. As we couldn't train no gun ter b'ar on him in that ther sitiwation wot should I do but git a coil o' rope, mount ther riggin' an' lasso his capstan, It wuz a mighty good throw too. Waal, sir, we heaved an' hauled on that ere rope, dragging ther lubber over to our ship until we got him alongside---
gpt
And none of them attempted to cut your lasso from their capstan? asked Jack.
human
They must have wanted to get captured.
gpt
It's werry funny, said Tim,
human
It can't be possible?
gpt
But it wuz, my lad.
human
How did you escape?
gpt
One night I got free an' rushed into the powder magazine with a lit pipe in my mouth, an' them arter me.
human
If you were a prisoner where did you got the lit pipe?
gpt
Oh, I had it, replied Tim.
human
Ter continer, seein' my enemies all rushin' arter me, I took ther pipe an' yelled fer 'em ter go back or I'd drop ther burnin' baccy inter ther powder. They refused---
gpt
And you dropped the light into the powder?
human
No. Ther light had gone out, grinned Tim.
gpt
It skeered 'em so though, that when they recovered they bolted out, an' fearin' ter git blowed up, they all jumped overboard an' was drowned. I released my messmates, an' we took ther ship.
human
Tim, is that a lie, or a fabrication?
gpt
A fabrication, o' course, indignantly and innocently answered the old salt.
human
D'yer s'pose Tim Topstay would tell a lie?