human
I got lost. Mary Rose blushed with shame.
gpt
I thought I was so smart I could come right home but I turned the wrong corner. I was away over on the other side of Waloo when a kind lady found me and put me on a street car and gave me a nickel and told the conductor to keep his eye on me. But I forgot to tell her it was East Twenty-sixth Street and she sent me west. And then Jimmie found me.
human
Good for you, James! Mr. Jerry reached over to slap Jimmie on the back.
gpt
How did you do that?
human
I was just looking round, Jimmie answered vaguely.
gpt
I couldn't sit down and do nothing with Mary Rose lost. I had to look till she was found and I was lucky and ran across her. Gee, Mary Rose, but you did give me a scare! I was afraid you'd been kidnapped!
human
You know, Mary Rose, I told you always to come straight home from school,
gpt
I know, in a shamed voice.
human
And I always did until today, and today--why, I didn't. But I found Jenny Lind and I've made lots of new friends. Mr. Strahan, she peered around at Bob Strahan,
gpt
Yes, Mary Rose, I did, he acknowledged.
human
I thought it was a dandy little story of a brave girl and that it would be good for people to read.
gpt
Of course, you didn't know that it would hurt Anna Paulovitch's feelings. She says she can't ever hold up her head again but I told her she hadn't done anything to be ashamed of and I'd stand by her.
human
I'll stand by her, too! Bob Strahan promised quickly. He had never thought of a story but as a story. The consequences it might have had not occurred to him.
gpt
And a lot of other people will stand by her. You should see the letters that came to the office to day with offers of help for Anna and her mother.
human
Did they! Mary Rose was delighted.
gpt
Then Mrs. Paulovitch won't have to work so hard. Oh, Miss Thorley, she drew the red-brown head down so that she could whisper in a pink ear,
human
Perhaps I will,
gpt
Oh, Mary Rose jumped down and stood looking from one to the other,