human
Didn't strike it rich today, did you?
gpt
No,
human
Didn't find no benevolent old gentleman--them as is always looking for poor boys to help along and give 'em money and a bang up time?
gpt
I did not see any such philanthropist looking for me,
human
Well, that is all fired strange. I don't see how he missed you, for they takes right to country boys.
gpt
I did not start out very early,
human
Then that's how it happened, I guess, said Bob, with a very thoughtful air.
gpt
But you must have found somebody's pocket book----
human
What do you mean?
gpt
Mean--why what could I mean? Wasn't it plain what I said? Wasn't I speaking good English, I'd like to know?
human
Your language was plain, to be sure, and your English was good enough, apologized Herbert;
gpt
Jest what I thought, but you see you don't know the ways of New York. You will learn, though, and you will be surprised to see how easy it is to pick up a pocket book full of greenbacks and bonds--perhaps a hundred thousand dollars in any one of 'em--and then you will take it to the man what lost it, and he will give you a lots of money, maby a thousand dollars or so--'twouldn't be much of a man as would do less than a thousand. What do you think?
human
I don't know what to think. I cannot understand you, Bob Hunter.
gpt
That's 'cause you don't know me, and ain't posted on what I'm saying. Maby I am springin' it on you kinder fresh for the first day, though I guess you will stand it. But tell me, Vermont, about the runaway horse that you stopped.
human
The runaway horse that I stopped! exclaimed Herbert.
gpt
You must be mad to talk in this way.
human
Mad! Well, that's good; that's the best thing I've heard of yet! Do I look like a fellow that's mad?
gpt
No, you do not look as if you were mad, but you certainly act as if you were,