human
March Marston, said Bounce--and Bounce was sitting beside the camp fire, smoking his pipe after supper when he said it--
gpt
As, resumed Bounce after a considerable pause, during which March looked and felt very uncomfortable,
human
Ollification,
gpt
Not at all, retorted Bounce with much severity in his tone.
human
I _wos_ goin' to have said--transparientsy; but I'll not say that now, seein' it's too feelosophical for the likes o' you; but, as I wos sayin', that bein' the case, d'ye see? it's quite plain that--
gpt
Ah, that's yer sort! I calc'late you're floored there, March, said Waller gravely.
human
The fact is, boy, that it won't do; you've got somethin' in the background, that Mr Bertram talks sich a heap about. You ought to be fair an' above-board with comrades, ye ought.
gpt
Oui, added Gibault.
human
Of course, you have lived somewhere, an' somehow, all dis time. It am not posseeble for live nowhere on noting.
gpt
Well, I tell you I have lived with a hunter, who treated me very well, and told me I'd find you here; having learned that, as I understand, from the Wild Man o' the West himself.
human
Very true, said Bounce;
gpt
In the mountains,
human
So does the Blackfeet, an' the Peigans, an' the Crows, an' the foxes, an' wolves, an' grisly bars,
gpt
I'll tell ye what it is, cried the exasperated March,
human
Dick what?
gpt
Dick nothing,
human
Ay! that's a odd name.
gpt
No, I mean he's only called Dick, an' he wouldn't tell me his other name, if he has one. Well, he said to me I was not to tell where he lived, as he don't like company, an' so he made me promise, an' I did promise, d'ye see? so I mean to stick to my promise, and that's all about it. I would like to tell ye about him, comrades, but you wouldn't have me break my word, would you?
human
Cer'nly not, by no means, said Bounce.
gpt
Does he live all by his lone?
human
No--eh--ah! Well, I fancy it's not breakin' my word to tell ye that-- no, he's got a little gal, an adopted daughter, livin' with him.
gpt
Is she good-lookin'?
human
Ah! I thought so,