human
What do you think of your humble roommate now, eh, what? Didn't I tell you to read it in the _News_?
gpt
So that's what bit you the other night?
human
Sure. The ordinary eye would have passed that item over without a thought, but I saw possibilities in it. You never saw so many bones, he added.
gpt
Fine bones, perfectly fine bones, just as good as any over in the Museum, and a lot whiter than most of them.
human
Yes, but who told you they belonged to the prehistoric horse?
gpt
O, the foreman of the gang. He was a keen guy, I tell you, knew all about the game and got me so enthusiastic that I bought the whole bunch for ten dollars. They'll have a chance to mull over them up at the Museum in a day or two.
human
More likely they are the remains of some poor bossy, said Jimmy,
gpt
You are the most disgusting pessimist I know, said the Codfish in high dudgeon.
human
Haven't they as good a chance to be old-fashioned bones as anything? Anyway I got the story in and a credit of five thousand words at least on the scoop. The fact that I bought them and presented them to the Museum should be worth another bunch of credit to me, but I'll work that up into a new story that will knock their eye out.
gpt
But Lord help you if you've put the _News_ in wrong,
human
Tush, tush, was all that Codfish would say,