human
If you'd only asked me these things I'd have told you right away, he protested, smiling.
gpt
Y' see you never asked me.
human
I--I was trying to,
gpt
That old--your housekeeper wouldn't ha' spent a deal of time trying,
human
I don't believe you intend to tell me now,
gpt
You're wantin' to know who I am, he said. Then he paused, glancing out of the doorway, and the girl watched the return of that thoughtful expression which she had come to associate with his usual manner.
human
Wal, he said at last, in his final way,
gpt
I'm Buck, and I was picked up on the trail-side, starving, twenty years ago by the Padre. He's raised me, an' we're big friends. An' now, since we sold his farm, we're living at the old fur fort, back ther' in the hills, and we're goin' to get a living pelt hunting. I've got no folks, an' no name except Buck. I was called Buck. All I can remember is that my folks were farmers, but got burnt out in a prairie fire, and--burnt to death. That's why I was on the trail starving when the Padre found me.
human
the man went on, turning back to the girl, and letting his eyes rest on her fair face,
gpt
And the teamster?
human
Oh, guess he was ther' too. Then he abruptly moved toward the horses.
gpt
Say, I'll get on an' cut that hay.