human
THE CHANCES IS SLIM AND GITTIN' SLIMMER
gpt
Must be going to snow, Weary observed with a sly twinkle,
human
Aw, that's because Shunky Cheestely chased him all the way up from the corral a minute ago, Happy Jack explained the phenomenon.
gpt
I betcher he swaps ends some uh these times and gives that dog the s'prise of his life. He come purty near makin' a stand t'night.
human
We-ell, when he does turn on that thar mongrel purp, they's goin' to be some dawg scattered around over the premises--now I'm tellin' yuh! Applehead cocked his eye toward Annie-Many-Ponies and nodded his head in solemn warning.
gpt
He's takin' a mighty long chance, every time he turns that thar trick uh chasin' Compadre all over the place; and them that thinks anything uh that thar dawg--
human
I betcher it's goin' to snow, all right, Happy Jack interrupted the warning.
gpt
Chickydees was swarmin' all over the place, t'day.
human
We-ell, now, yuh don't want to go too much on them chickydees, Applehead dissented.
gpt
Change uh wind'll set them flockin' and chirpin'. Ain't ary flake uh snow in the wind t'day, fur's I kin smell--and I calc'late I kin smell snow fur's the next one.
human
Oh, let's not talk about snow; that's getting to be a painful subject on this ranch,
gpt
Luck stated grimly, glancing up from the endless figuring and scribbling which seemed to occupy all his time indoors that was not actually given over to eating and sleeping.
human
If you don't begin to smell snow pretty quick, Applehead, I can see where _The Phantom Herd_ don't have any phantom herd.
gpt
We-ell, I dunno's you can blame me because it don't snow. I can't make it snow if it takes a notion not to snow--
human
Oh, come and eat, and never mind the snow,
gpt
We've got to mind the snow--or we don't eat much longer! Luck laid aside his papers with the tired gesture which betrays heavy anxiety.
human
The whole punch of the picture depends on that blizzard and what it leads up to. It's getting close to March,--this is the twentieth of February,--and the Texas Cattleman's Convention meets the first of April. I've got to have the picture done by then, so as to show it and get their endorsement as a body, in order to boost the sales up where they belong.
gpt
Mamma! Weary looked up at him, open-eyed.
human
How long have you had that notion in your head,--showing the picture to the Cattlemen's Convention? I never heard of it.
gpt
I might say quite a few things you haven't heard me say before, Luck retorted, so harassed that he never knew how sharp a snub he had given.
human
I've had that in mind from the start; ever since I read when and where the convention would meet this spring. We've got to have that blizzard, and we've got to have it before many more days.
gpt
Oh, well, we'll have it, Rosemary soothed, as she would have comforted a child.
human
I just know March will come in like a roaring lion! Have some beans. They're different, to-night. I cooked them with plain salt pork instead of bacon. You can't imagine what a difference it makes!