human
Heah. Mrs. Rogers said to the twins,
gpt
She measured the unfinished socks, and then handed each little girl her task.
human
Henry, you'll put yer eyes out readin' by thet fire, an' me an' Susan needs all the candle-light fur our wuck. 'Pears lak you ain't nevah happy 'less you've got yer nose in some book. Heah, Cissy, them britches' laigs is ready to seam up. Mek yer stitches good an' tight, else you'll haf to rip it all out an' do it ovah. Snuff the candle, fust, an' hand me thet hank o' thread an' the shears, befoh you set down.
gpt
Le's see, said Rogers to his guest, taking a corncob pipe from the mantel and lighting it with a fire coal.
human
This is Friday, an' school oughtah begin Monday. Bettah draw up a subscription paper to-night, an' ride 'roun' with it airly to-morrow. I'll send Henry 'long to show you the way. Set right down heah by the table an' draw up yer writin's. Henry, light anothah candle.
gpt
I see you kin mek a pen, he continued, as Dudley took out his knife, selected a quill, and proceeded in a businesslike way to point it.
human
Now, whut kind uv a fist do you write? Hope you kin mek all the flourishes; ha'f the folks in Bourbon County jedge a man's book l'arnin' by the way he writes. That's hunkey-dorey! he exclaimed, looking over the writer's shoulder.
gpt
Thet'll fetch 'em!
human
Thar's lots o' wuck to be did to-morrow, an' the only way to git it did, is to tek a good holt on the day at the start, an' set it squarely on its laigs.
gpt
This process of 'setting the day on its legs' is certainly a noisy one,