human
V A X , the
gpt
Island Crusoe
human
Thanks awfully for your good intentions, but I didn't need any help. Sorry to have troubled you. I did have a wager with that other fellow, but not the kind he described. It was the first big contest in the history of radio. I gave odds of four to one and am the winner. We both went to the island together and each put up an independent receiving and sending set. My part of the contest was to induce someone to come to the rescue of me as an island prisoner; his part was to head off any such rescue. He admitted I won after it was certain you were headed for us, and then we both lost our nerve and ducked. Good-bye.
gpt
finish, Hal made a desperate effort to hold the
human
Island operator
gpt
Well, I wonder if that's the last well hear from him,
human
More of a puzzle than ever, isn't it?
gpt
Why, don't you believe the explanation he telegraphed to us?
human
I do not,
gpt
Why not? Hal persisted.
human
Doesn't it satisfy your lordship?
gpt
Cut it out, Tee-hee, the alleged
human
ordered.
gpt
You make me sore.
human
Then I'll rub on some salve.
gpt
If you do, you'll get your fingers burnt,
human
I always thought you were a hot one. But that doesn't answer the question before us.
gpt
No, because we don't know how to settle it, Cub admitted.
human
If we knew what we're talkin' about, we wouldn't be batting this nonsense back and forth. We can't hit the nail on the head, so we just fan the air. By the way, what did that fellow say before Bud and I began to listen-in?