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[ { "from": "human", "value": "THE ERIE TRAIN BOY," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "FROM FARM BOY TO SENATOR," }, { "from": "human", "value": "THE YOUNG ACROBAT," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Well, he said," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Lakeville hasn't changed much since I left it, twenty years since. Has there been any change among those who are near to me? I don't know, but I shall soon find out. Shall I receive a welcome or not? There ought to be two...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Good-morning, returned the traveller, won by the boy's pleasant face and manner." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "If you are not in a hurry won't you sit down by me and answer a few questions?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "With pleasure, sir; my business...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I hope you're not hurt, Percy," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I've spoiled my suit, that's all, returned Percy, shortly." }, { "from": "human", "value": "What made you scare my horse?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I didn't, answered Bert, wit...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Will you ride to the house with me, sir?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "No, thank you. There might be another upset. Jump into the buggy, and I'll walk along after you." }, { "from": "human", "value": "All right, sir, he said." }, { "from": "gpt",...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Why didn't you invite him to ride home with you?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I did; but he preferred to walk." }, { "from": "human", "value": "What does he look like?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Like an old tramp," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Then he is shabbily dressed?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I should say so. I say, father, I thought he was rich. You always said so." }, { "from": "human", "value": "And I still think so." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Then why don't he dres...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I believe you are Uncle Jacob," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Yes, Albert, and I'm mighty glad to see a relation. It's twenty-five years since I have seen one that was kin to me." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Welcome to Lakeville, Uncle Jacob. I am gla...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Come right upstairs, Uncle Jacob. I'll show you your room myself," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I ain't used to such luxury, Albert, said the old man, as he gazed around the comfortably appointed apartment." }, { "from": "human", "value": "You ought to s...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I declare I feel better to be dressed up, said the old man." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "How long do you think I've had this coat and vest, Albert?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "I really couldn't guess." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I ha...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Now, Uncle Jacob, we'll sit down to dinner. You must be hungry." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Well, I have got a fairish appetite. What a nice eatin' room you've got, Albert. I ain't used to such style." }, { "from": "human", "value": "I presume not," ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I'm glad to see you so well fixed, Albert, he said." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "You've got a fine home." }, { "from": "human", "value": "It will do very well," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I suppose he never was in such a good house before...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Bert Barton seems a likely boy." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Oh, he's as good as the average of boys in his position." }, { "from": "human", "value": "I suppose he and Percy are quite intimate, being cousins." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "No, thank you, Albert, said the old man." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I'm used to plain livin'. It isn't often I sit down to a meal like this. Do you know, there's nothing suits me better than a dinner of corned beef and cabbage." }, { "from": "human", ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I wonder if Uncle Jacob wouldn't advance me twenty-five thousand dollars, was the thought that was passing through his mind as he gazed genially at his countrified guest." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "It would help me amazingly in my business, and enable me to do do...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "So this is your business," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Yes," }, { "from": "human", "value": "Do you find it hard work?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Oh, no! That is, I am used to it. It used to tire me at first." }, { "from": "human...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Bless my soul! he exclaimed." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "It is nearly ten o'clock. I ought to be getting back to Albert's." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Then Bert shall accompany you as far as the house. It will be lonely to go alone." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Have you any plans, Uncle Jacob, in which I can assist you? If you would like to consult me about any investments, I can perhaps be of service to you." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Now for it!" }, { "from": "human", "value": "I was thinkin', Albert, he s...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I am sorry to have left you alone, Uncle Jacob," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Oh, don't treat me with any ceremony, Albert. Being as we are such near relations, we ought to be free and easy like." }, { "from": "human", "value": "I am glad to hear you say...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I think you told me you had five hundred dollars," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "About that." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Then I really think it would be the best thing you could do to go back to California, where you are known, and where you can doub...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "You can see the signature, Albert. You know your father's handwriting, don't you?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "It may be my father's writing," }, { "from": "human", "value": "May be! repeated the old man, indignantly." }, { "from": "gpt", "v...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I've accepted your offer sooner than you expected, Mary," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "You are heartily welcome, Uncle Jacob, responded his niece, with evident sincerity." }, { "from": "human", "value": "If you can put up with our poor accommodations aft...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I hope that won't prevent your carrying out the plan, Uncle Jacob. If your gains are small, you can make your home with us and pay what you can afford." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Thank you, Mary, you are a true friend, and I shan't forget your kind offer. But I n...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I'll let you have it, Bert, said Mr. Houghton," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "You may depend on me, Mr. Houghton." }, { "from": "human", "value": "I know I can, Bert;" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "You have got a stylish rig, Bert, said Uncle ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I wonder who's driving Houghton's best team?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "By gracious, if it isn't Bert Barton and his mother and Uncle Jacob!" }, { "from": "human", "value": "You are right, Percy," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "What can it ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I hope you enjoyed it, Mary," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I don't know when I have enjoyed myself so much, Uncle Jacob." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Nor I," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Then I think the money well spent. It makes me fee...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "So Albert says that as I make my bed I must lie upon it?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Yes, sir; but I hope you won't be troubled at that. You will always be welcome here." }, { "from": "human", "value": "You are a good boy and a true friend, Bert, he sa...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Have you heard the news, Bert?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "No; what is it?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "All the peggers are to be discharged; you and I, and the two other boys." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Is that true?" }, { ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I don't see what we shall do, Bert, she said." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "There is no other shop in Lakeville. If there were, you might get a chance there." }, { "from": "human", "value": "There is no business of any kind here outside of Marlowe's shop...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Is Mr. Marlowe in?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I will see, ma'am." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Good evening, he said, in a distant tone." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I hope you are well." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Well in health, but anxious in mind, Albert, she said." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Bert tells me that he has been...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "How unreasonable women are! muttered Squire Marlowe, impatiently, as he closed the door upon his unwelcome guest." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Mary Barton would have had me postpone all improvements in my shop for the sake of keeping that boy of hers in his place. ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Who are you!" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Don't be frightened, Mary, was the reply," }, { "from": "human", "value": "I am your husband, Simeon Barton." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "You here, she exclaimed, in amazement," }, { "from"...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "There are my week's wages, mother, he said." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I don't know when I shall have any more money to hand you." }, { "from": "human", "value": "We won't borrow trouble to-night, Bert, responded Mrs. Barton, concealing her solicitude...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Mother, he said," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "If you can't, we can use them ourselves," }, { "from": "human", "value": "It will be better to sell them, for I hear they are bringing fifteen cents a quart. They won't stay long at that figure, so we will p...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Would you like to buy some blueberries?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Go round to the side door, Bert, said Mr. Holbrook, the good-natured landlord." }, { "from": "human", "value": "I leave all such matters to Mrs. Holbrook." }, { "from": "gpt", ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Percy, you owe me ten dollars," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I know it," }, { "from": "human", "value": "When are you going to pay me?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I don't know," }, { "from": "human", "value": "But that won't do...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "What shall we do? asked Mrs. Barton, with a troubled look." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "If Uncle Jacob were only here, I would ask his advice." }, { "from": "human", "value": "He left a note to be opened if we got into trouble," }, { "from": "gp...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "It's a twenty-dollar bill, mother!" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Shall I read the note?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Yes, read it, Bert." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Dear Uncle Jacob, said the widow gratefully," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I will pay him back some time, mother." }, { "from": "human", "value": "You think then that we are justified in using it, Bert?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Uncle Ja...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I would like two quarts of kerosene, Mr. Jones," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Please take your pay out of this," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Why, you audacious young thief!" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "What do you mean?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "What do I mean? gasped Jones." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "You know what I mean well enough. I never knew such audacity." }, ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "This was the only twenty-dollar bill that my mother had," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Oh, indeed! I thought as much, said Mr. Jones significantly." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Mr. Drake, do you intend to arrest that boy?" }, { "from": "gpt",...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I never heard of such a thing! he gasped." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "You take my own money from me?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "It remains to be proved whether it is your own money. The boy says it is his." }, { "from": "gpt", "value"...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I have no money, he said." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I will leave it till to-morrow." }, { "from": "human", "value": "How much is it, Mr. Jones?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Twenty-five cents." }, { "from": "human", "value": ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Nobody will suspect me," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I'll go round by the hotel, he said to himself," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Good-morning, Percy," }, { "from": "human", "value": "Good-morning, Reg." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I hope you have come prepared to pay me what you owe me. I m...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Where did you raise the twenty, Percy?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "It is some money I had given to me a long while ago," }, { "from": "human", "value": "Oh!" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I promised not to use it, but to keep it saved up, c...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Percy's found it in his father's desk, I reckon, he said to himself," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "By the way, Reg, said Percy hurriedly," }, { "from": "human", "value": "Why not?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "It would be found out that I ha...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Was--was Bert arrested?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "He would have been but for the interference of a meddlesome young lawyer, who, it appears, is staying at the hotel." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Mr. Conway?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "What was done, then?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "The boy was allowed to go home, but his trial is to take place before me this morning at ten o'clock. You can be present, if you desire." }, { "from": "human", "value": "I--don't--know as I do," }, {...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "There is one who will rejoice at my misfortune." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Good-morning, Bert." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Have you heard of my trouble, Percy?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Yes, Bert, and I am very sorry for it." }...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Who is the complainant in this case?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I am, squire," }, { "from": "human", "value": "State your case." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I charge this boy--Bert Barton--with stealing a twenty-dollar bill from my desk ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "You have not answered my question, Mr. Jones," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I rather think I have," }, { "from": "human", "value": "But not satisfactorily. I ask you again, how do you know that the twenty-dollar bill tendered you by my client was the sam...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Mr. Holbrook, said Conway," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Yes, sir." }, { "from": "human", "value": "For what was the payment made?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "For groceries furnished by Mr. Jones." }, { "from": "human", "value"...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "This is not the same bill," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "He is mistaken!" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Of course, continued the young lawyer," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "The bill which I paid to Mr. Jones, answered the landlord," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "It is clear, he said," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "It might have been effaced," }, { "from": "human", "value": "The bill, since it was taken from the complainant, has been in charge of the court, said Conway." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "This is all very fine, Mr. Lawyer, he said," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "What money, Mr. Jones?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "The twenty-dollar bill taken from my desk, of course." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I wish I could, Mr. Jones, ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Come with me, Percy, he said, linking his arm with that of the boy." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I have something to say to you." }, { "from": "human", "value": "I have an engagement, pleaded Percy, trying to release himself." }, { "from": "gpt"...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "This is the bill you paid me last evening, he said." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "You will observe the letters I. W. as described by the landlord. Now, where did you get this bill?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "I picked it up in the street, near the g...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Now, Percy, said Reginald," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I can't pass it here." }, { "from": "human", "value": "You have no right to pass it anywhere." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "You could pass it in New York." }, { "from": "human"...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Shure Mr. Jones must have dropped it out of his pocket, he said." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I'll carry it to him." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Clear out, you Sam Doyle! he said," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Is this your envelope, Mr. Jones?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Give it to me." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Where did you get this, Sam?" }, { "from": "human", ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Mr. Conway, said Bert, as they walked home together from the trial," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I am very grateful to you for getting me out of my trouble. If you will let me know your fee, I will pay it." }, { "from": "human", "value": "My dear boy, r...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I don't want any more of Uncle Jacob's money, mother, said Bert;" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I couldn't bear to have you leave me, Bert." }, { "from": "human", "value": "But I must take work wherever I can find it." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "The stupid old meddler! ejaculated the squire, throwing the letter from him in impatience." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I suppose the Barton boy has been writing to him. He evidently considers it my duty to support all my poor relations, himself included. I will un...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "It is what I expected, he said to himself." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Albert Marlowe is thoroughly selfish, and so, I think, are his wife and son. I must find some other way of helping Bert." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Have you been writing to Ja...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "It must be from Uncle Jacob!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I am to go to New York! thought Bert joyfully." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Perhaps Uncle Jacob will find me a place there. I shall enjoy that ever so much. Let me see, I am to go next week, Thursday, and it is now Saturday. I wish the time had come!" }, { ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Here, you, Bert Barton!" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Good-morning, Mr. Wilson," }, { "from": "human", "value": "Squire Marlowe tells me you are out of a job." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Yes, sir." }, { "from": "human", "value"...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I'll tell you what I'll do, said Bert." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I've got to go to New York on Thursday on business, but I'll come and work for you till Wednesday night for half a dollar and my board." }, { "from": "human", "value": "I'll give you th...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Mis' Wilson, said the farmer," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "How's your ma?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Pretty well, thank you, Mrs. Wilson." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I'm glad to hear it. She looks like a friend of mine, Mrs. Dusenbe...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Please give me some butter," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "There ain't none," }, { "from": "human", "value": "I beg pardon. I hadn't noticed," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "We never have butter at dinner, explained Silas Wilson." }, { ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "There's nothing like a good dinner to strengthen us for the labors of the field, said Silas Wilson complacently, as he rose from the table." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Come, Bert, now let us get to work to make up for lost time." }, { "from": "human", ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "This is about the longest day I ever passed, thought Bert, pausing to wipe his moistened forehead." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I am afraid I shall never want to be a farmer. I mustn't forget, though, that I am to receive sixteen cents and a little over per day, be...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Hallo!" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Hallo, Percy!" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Are you working for Silas Wilson?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Yes, for a few days." }, { "from": "human", "value": "I guess you'll make a fortu...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Have you seen anything of my wallet?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Your wallet?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Yes, answered Silas Wilson impatiently." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I had it in my pocket when I was at work here. I didn't th...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Is this it?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Yes! exclaimed Silas delighted." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Where did you find it?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Just here." }, { "from": "human", "value": "It's all safe," }, { ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Don't you feel very tired, Bert?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Yes, mother, but I feel still more hungry. If you've got anything left from supper I think I can dispose of it." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Certainly, Bert; but didn't you eat supper at ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "It is a burglar! thought Bert in excitement." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "What can I do?" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Who are you? What brings you here?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "If you are a burglar, continued Bert, emboldened by the man's hesitation," }, { "from": "human", "value": "No, don't call him, at least not yet, said the intruder, sinking into a chair a fe...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Why did you get into my window? asked Bert." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Why didn't you come to the door?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "I--didn't know if I would be welcome. I wanted to ask. Do you know how my father feels toward me?" }, { "f...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Hadn't you better go down yourself?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I can hardly stand, I am so tired. Besides, I don't know where mother keeps things." }, { "from": "human", "value": "I will try," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Suppose Mrs. Wil...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I don't think the beans or doughnuts will set well on an empty stomach, Bert reflected." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I'd better take the milk and two or three slices of bread." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Scat!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I have some bread and milk here, said Bert." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I couldn't find any butter. There were some cold beans and doughnuts, but--" }, { "from": "human", "value": "The bread and milk are better. Give them to me. I am almost famished." ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "You had better get into the bed, Mr. Wilson, said Bert, filled with compassion for the weary wayfarer." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I'll lie on the floor." }, { "from": "human", "value": "If you don't mind. I am fagged out." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Time to get up!" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "All right!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Are you not afraid some one will come upstairs and find you here?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "No; mother never comes up till after she has got breakfast out of the way and the dishes washed." }, { "from": "human", "value": "I suppose you know best," ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "But how could anybody get into the house? asked Silas." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "The doors were locked, weren't they?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Yes, Silas. In forty years I have never failed to lock the door before I went to bed." }, { ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Not that I ever heard of," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I knew a boy once that did--it was a second cousin of my brother's first wife." }, { "from": "human", "value": "I am sure I never get up in my sleep." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Silas! said Mrs. Wilson, in a hollow voice," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Do--you--think so?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Do I think so? I know so," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "How could he get up there?" }, { "from": "human", ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "It's terrible! murmured Silas, mopping the cold perspiration from his forehead." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "What can we do?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "What can we do? Go and get your gun, Silas, and go up and confront the villain. That's what we ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I'll go up," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "You will?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Yes, I am not afraid." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "To be sure! The burglar wouldn't do you no harm. You're only a boy. Do you know how to fire a gun?" },...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "The boy's speakin' to him! said Silas, awe-struck." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I never see such a terrible time. I wish I'd told Bert to tell the burglar to go back the same way he came, and we wouldn't fire at him. I don't want to be too hard on the transgressor....
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Well? said Silas eagerly." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Did you see the burglar?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Yes." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Where is he?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "In my room." }, { "from": ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "He took fifty dollars!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "He's brought you back the money!" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "He has! exclaimed Silas in a tone of gladness." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Did he tell you so?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Yes; it is all the money he had, and he went wit...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Got back again, Phineas, hey? said Silas Wilson." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "You're lookin' kinder peaked." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Yes, father, I've been sick, but now----" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I'll soon get him well! inte...