human
What's all this about, Lil Artha?
gpt
Why, I happened to know that you saw that ugly looking guide moving around in the middle of the night, Elmer; and I thought you must have noticed that he threw something away when he was standing there in the doorway?
human
I did see him do that, and I knew you were on the job, too, Lil Artha, Elmer went on to say;
gpt
Well, I was that curious to know what it could be the fellow threw away, continued the tall scout,
human
And did you find anything?
gpt
I had to go back and forth a heap before I came on a little hole in a snow drift that looked like something had dropped in there, continued Lil Artha, in a highly mysterious fashion.
human
So I began to dig down, and pretty soon my hand touched this!
gpt
Why, it only looks like a piece of common gaspipe!
human
Just what it is, Lil Artha went on, in an awed tone;