human
What have you got?
gpt
Oh, I just made a trade. Garth airily returned.
human
Thirty feet of clothesline for a Winchester and a bag of cartridges. I threw in a handkerchief to boot. Pretty good, eh?
gpt
Well, I had a hunch Xavier was watching us to-night, he began.
human
I bore a grudge against Xavier's pretty face, and I thought I'd have a little fun with him, you see.
gpt
A fellow would go mad, if he couldn't do _anything_, Garth apologized.
human
I'll be good now for a week.
gpt
Xavier?
human
I wouldn't have minded a little bit, giving the brute his quietus, Garth said coolly.
gpt
He killed my horse. But he had no chance to put up a fight; and I couldn't murder him; so at this present moment he's unhurt--except his feelings. But Grylls will half kill him in the morning!
human
What did you do to him?
gpt
I was pretty sure he would be watching the path we have made to the trail, Garth went on.
human
I figured he would be on my left hand--his right; it's the position a man instinctively takes. You can't shoot so well over your right. So I crawled along the path, inch by inch on my stomach----
gpt
Garth! she cried in horror.
human
If I had known!