human
Mr. Cameron said when they came in volleys they were harmless, she reassured herself,
gpt
She urged her horse forward and as she reached the edge of the crowd a man raised his gun and sent a shot crashing through the window of the Red Front. Other shots followed, and Alice saw that the building was in darkness. Something in the attitude of the men caused her to draw up and regard them closely. Very few of them were cowboys, and they were not shooting into the air. Also, there was nothing in their demeanour that savoured of any spirit of jollification. They seemed in deadly earnest. More shots--streaks of thin red flame, and a tinkling of glass. This time the shots were answered from within the building, the crowd surged to one side, and those who were unable to get out of the line of fire dropped swiftly to the ground and wriggled away on their bellies. A tall man with a huge drooping moustache came toward her:
human
Better git along. This here ain't no place fer women folks.
gpt
What's the matter?
human
You better pull there in front of the livery barn. You might git hit. They's a ring-tailed desperado in the Red Front, an' he's mighty permiscuous about his shootin'.
gpt
Why don't they arrest him?
human
Arrest him, he drawled,
gpt
Texan! cried the girl.
human
Did you say he is a Texan? Who is he? What's his name?
gpt
Seems to me he did say--back there in the saloon, when he was holdin' kangaroo court. The rookus hadn't started yet, an' he says----
human
Was it Tex?
gpt
Yeh, it was Tex----
human
Tex Benton?
gpt
Seems like that's what he said. Anyways, he claimed he was here a year ago, an' he aimed to git drunk on account of some kind of an anniversary, or somethin'--an' he will, too, if he drinks up all them fines----
human
Oh, tell them to stop shooting! she cried.
gpt
They'll kill him! Let me go in to him! I can reason with him.
human
D'you know him?
gpt
Yes, yes! Hurry and tell them to stop shooting!
human
You wait here a minute, an' I'll git Hod Blake, he's the marshal.
gpt
This here's Hod, he announced by way of introduction and,
human
D'you say you know this here party?
gpt
Yes, that is, I think I do.
human
Ike, here, says how you figgered you could go in an' make him surrender.
gpt
He hasn't--killed anyone, has he?
human
No, he ain't killed no one--yet. He nicked Pete Barras in the arm, an' has otherwise feloniously disturbed the peace of Timber City to a extent it'll cost him a hundred dollars' fine besides damages fer shootin' up, an' causin' to git shot up, the Red Front saloon.
gpt
And, you'd kill a man for that!
human
I'll tell a hand, we'll kill him! Anyone that starts gun-play in Timber City's got to go on through with it.
gpt
You're cowards! exclaimed the girl.
human
How many of you are there against one man?
gpt
That don't make no difference. We got the law on our side, an' he ain't on his'n. He come in here a-huntin' trouble--an' he got it. An' he'll pay his fine, an' settle up with Pete Barras, or we'll plant him--one.
human
If all of you brave gun-fighters are afraid to go in there and get him, I'll go. I'm not afraid.
gpt
You better keep out of it, mom. He's lickered up an' liable to shoot sudden.
human
I'm not afraid,
gpt
Go ahead if you want to. Tell him we'll git him, sure, if he don't give himself up. An' s'pose you git shot, fer yer trouble, you got any folks to notify?
human
My husband is up at Mr. Cameron's with Mr. Colston, you might mention it to him, if you think of it, she answered scornfully.
gpt
Get me a light.