human
I certainly can't understand it, Joe,
gpt
Well, I can't understand it myself, Mabel,
human
Are you sure you didn't sign that contract, thinking it was something else--an order for something, or something like that?
gpt
I'm not in the habit of signing anything without knowing what it is, said the crack pitcher.
human
If any of those fellows had brought such a thing to me to sign, I would have handed it back and given the fellow a piece of my mind. No, there is something else in all this, though what it is I haven't the faintest idea.
gpt
It's too bad we're so far away from those fellows just at present, put in Jim.
human
If we were close by we might interview them, and find out some of the details that are as yet missing. And then maybe somebody would get a broken head,
gpt
Oh, Jim! would you break anybody's head?
human
I sure would if he was trying to put Joe in such a hole as this! returned the young man promptly.
gpt
Maybe you don't understand what a black eye this is calculated to give your brother.
human
Oh, yes, I can understand that well enough,
gpt
I think it's the meanest thing that ever could possibly happen! burst out Mabel.
human
And I don't wonder that Jim is angry enough to break somebody's head for it,
gpt
Oh, I suppose it will come out all right in the end,