human
Say, old Angelchum, why didn't you ever let folks know yer style, instead uv trottin' 'round like a melancholy clam with his shells shut up tight? That's what this crowd wants to know! Now yev opened down to bed-rock, we'll git English Sam from Sonora, an' git up the tallest kind uv a rasslin' match.
gpt
Not unless English Sam meddles with my business, you won't, replied the deacon, quickly.
human
I've got enough to do fightin' speretual foes.
gpt
Oh, said Boston Ben,
human
Excuse me, Boston, interrupted Tom Dosser,
gpt
Then, turning to the old man, Tom asked:
human
What part uv the old State be ye from, deacon, an' what fetched ye out?
gpt
From nigh Rutland, replied the deacon,
human
I hed a nice little place thar, an' wuz doin' well. But the young one's eyes is bad. None uv the doctors thereabouts could do anythin' fur 'em. Took her to Boston; nobody thar could do anythin'--said some of the European doctors were the only ones that could do the job safely. Costs money goin' to Europe an' payin' doctors--I couldn't make it to hum in twenty year; so I come here.
gpt
Only child?