human
Look here, that boy Seth is bent on getting into the Department, and I tell you when a lad sticks to one thing as he's stuck to that for the last year, some one ought to lend him a hand.
gpt
You ain't thinking of getting him taken on here, are you, 'Lish?
human
I've got a plan in my head, and allow that the rest of you can help me through with it. If all hands of us turn to we can get the boy a job at headquarters, and he ain't the lad I've taken him to be if he don't put himself in the way of being received as a recruit when he's grown stouter and a little older. Now, such a lift as that won't be much for us, and it may be the making of him.
gpt
Do you allow it's a good idea, 'Lish Davis, to help a boy into the Department when he might learn a trade which wouldn't be that of risking his life two or three times every day?
human
Would you turn tinker, or tailor, or candlestick-maker, Jerry Walters, in order to avoid risking your life two or three times a day?
gpt
It's different with me, 'Lish. I've been here so long I couldn't give it up.
human
And it would be almost as hard for that lad to give up his idea. I tried to frighten it out of him when he first came around here; but he didn't scare worth a cent, and I tell you again that he'll make a cracking good man for some company one of these days.
gpt
If there's anything I can do to help the thing along, you may count me in,
human
We'll let him hoe his own row till everything is ready, 'cause it may do harm if he gets to thinking somebody is trying to give him a lift.
gpt
What's to be done with the kid who started the fire?
human
I repeated to the captain all the amateur
gpt
Upstairs asleep.
human
Then I'm going out for a bit. I want to see the battalion-chief.
gpt
Going to strike for Seth while the iron's hot, eh?
human
That's what I'm thinking of, Jerry,