human
We ken burn down the schoolhouse right before his face and eyes, and then mebbe the State Board'll git our idees about eddycation.
gpt
Twon't be no use, Mose, said Judge Barber, whose legal title was honorary, and conferred because he had spent some time in a penitentiary in the East.
human
Them State Board fellers is wrong, but they've got grit, ur they'd never hev got the schoolhouse done after we rode the contractor out uv the Flat on one of his own boards. Besides, some uv 'em might think we wuz rubbin' uv it in, an' next thing you know'd they'd be buildin' us a jail.
gpt
Can't we buy off these young uns' folks? queried an angular fellow from Southern Illinois.
human
They're a mizzable pack of shotes, an' I b'leeve they'd all leave the camp fur a few ounces.
gpt
Ye--es, drawled the judge, dubiously;
human
Then, said Mose, the first speaker, his words escaping with even more difficulty than before,
gpt
Meanin' no insult to this highly respectable crowd, said the judge, in a very bland tone, and inviting it to walk up to the bar and specify its consolation,
human
I don't b'leeve there's one uv yer the widder'd hev. The judge's eye glanced along the line at the bar, and he continued softly, but in decided accents--
gpt
Not a cussed one. But, added the judge, passing his pouch to the barkeeper,
human
Good! said Mose.
gpt
The crowd drinks with me to a square job, and no backin'. Chuck the pasteboards, jedge--The--dickens!
human
Square job, and no backin', said the judge, with a grin.
gpt
There's the stage now--hurry up, fellers!