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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Plimsoll? said the stranger." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I am Keith." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Plimsoll, said Sandy." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "That peak oveh on Sawtooth Range is goin' to catch the light first. I'll call it sun-up when the sun looks oveh the mesa." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "You-all talkin' to me?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I would like to know, said Keith in a manner which he appeared struggling to invest with humor," }, { "from": "human", "value": "Look like film stuff, to you? he asked in his drawl." }, { "from...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Sorry to have upset things fo' you, went on Sandy," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "My name's Keith, Wilson Keith, said the other." }, { "from": "human", "value": "I don't know that that means much to you as I judge you generally belong to the range rather ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I'll be glad to talk with you later, he said." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Just now I'm ravenous. Any place to eat? And does the camp get up early or just go to bed late?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Want to buy any more claims?" }, { "from"...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I'm too sleepy myse'f to talk business, said Sandy." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "My two pardners are in the same boat. So, if you-all want to look oveh the camp ag'in, Mr. Keith, an' talk business with any one you find awake an' willin', I'll prob'bly see you befo'...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "There were only a few old-timers in the crowd, Blake, he said." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "The rest of them will want to be going back to wherever and whatever they came from as soon as they find this is not a placer proposition. A heap of people heard of a gold r...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "It's too bad you didn't run Plimsoll out of the county, or the state, remarked the spinster." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "He'll not rest until he does you some sneakin' injury, soon as he figgers out what'll do you the most harm." }, { "from": "human", ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Fifty-one per cent., an' the name's Molly Casey, then, said Sandy." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "What's more, you're to be consulting engineer or whatever they call the fat job, Westlake. I'm dawg-tired. Sam, let's you an' me shack over to our claims. We'll leave Mo...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Groups," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Reckon she's right, said Mormon." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Molly's different. She had a mighty hard time of it along with her old man, compared to what them soft-skinned snips must have had. Stands to reason she c'udn't be like 'em, any mo' than Sam c'ud be easy...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Speakin' wide, the weddin' cake of matrimony has been mostly mildewed for me, said Mormon reflectively," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "What was that, Mormon? I heerd she was a good cook." }, { "from": "human", "value": "It warn't her cookin', though that ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Miss her, ol' son? So do I. Mebbe she'll come back to see us-all. She sure did seem to belong." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Mr. Westlake was over day before yesterday, she went on." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Goin' on through to the East fo' a consultation with Mr. Keith an' his crowd. Said to say he was mighty sorry he c'udn't git out to the Three Star, but he only had a couple of hou...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I'll kiss no dawg, declared Sam." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I like a dawg first-rate, like I do a hawss, on'y not so much, but I'm a hell-singed son of a horned-toad if I'd ever kiss one." }, { "from": "human", "value": "It's two to one you don't have...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Hold on, Molly said 'High man out.' That's Sandy. You an' me got to draw again. Ain't that so, Sandy?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Sure is, said Sandy gravely." }, { "from": "human", "value": "You hollered too soon, Sam. Prob'ly crabbed yore luck." },...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Laf, you couple of ring-tailed snakes in the sage! he said bitterly." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I'm stuck an' I'm game, but if either of you ever whisper a word of it to a livin' soul, outside of Molly, I'll plumb scalp, skin an' silence both of you. _Kiss a dawg...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "How's he like it?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "You bald-headed ol' badger, you, he acted plumb like yore wives must have, when I salutes him on the snoot. Licks my nose first an' then curls up his tongue an' licks off his own. Wipes out all trace of the oskylation ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Don't think I've changed, she said." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I'm the same Molly underneath even if I have been revamped and decorated." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Molly, she's gettin' the same amount we're splittin' both ways, said Sam," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "The gal w'udn't promise to go to school 'less we shared even-Steven," }, { "from": "human", "value": "She didn't know how much money she c'ud use then...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Old Man's Room." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I don't believe I c'ud ever learn to ride one of those contraptions, he said." }, { "from": "human", "value": "I tried it once an' the wires bucked my fingers off reg'lar. But I sure hate writin' longhand." ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "You will find Miss Nicholson most efficient and amenable, she penned." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "She has done remarkably well with your ward. I believe my husband expects to stay in your vicinity about a month and we have decided to make a holiday of it for Molly...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I reckon my reputation'll stand it, she said," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "He'll do, vouchsafed Miranda at last, the evening before the arrival." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "He's no hand at cookies or doughnuts an' never will be, but I'll bring them over from time to time. He can make a pie an' biscuit an' he can broil meat. I've taught h...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I ain't done that to you, Sam Manning, he said sternly," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Paddle me, you overgrown buzzard, will you? There you roost till Mirandy comes to look for you." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "An' don't _look_ nothin', neither," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Grub piled. Squaw she say hurry." }, { "from": "human", "value": "There's room for five--supposed to be--in my car, said Miranda." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "An' there's four...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "If that don't win her to stay west there ain't no use a-tryin'," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "He wanted to add," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Sandy! Her arms went out toward him in greeting over the brass railing. Then Grit, catapulting from ground to platform, with frantic yaps of welcome, fairly bowled over the darky with his mounting block and bounded up into Molly's embrace. There was confusion on the platform for...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I'm going to hug you, and Mormon and Sam, as soon as we get home to the ranch, she cried." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Home! I'm so glad to be here. Pronto, you beauty, and my own bay, Blaze! Do you remember the trip over the mesa, Blaze? How did you know I wanted ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "You're losing weight, Mormon, she said." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I believe you must be in love." }, { "from": "human", "value": "I allus was, with you," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "You stand aside, you human chuckawalla! said Sam." }...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Glad to see you, Bourke, he said." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "And you, Manning. You too, Peters. Meet my son, Donald." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Glad to see you out west, said Mormon." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "We'd sure admire to...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Blaze wouldn't know what you were trying to do, Don," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I see they didn't unteach you ridin' back east," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "The damned road jest slid out from under. He didn't have a hell-chance!" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Sandy, I don't want to go, but I'll be game." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Yo're sure a white man. I'll git even with you some time if I work the bones of my fingers through the flesh fo' you. Thanks don't 'mount to a damn 'thout somethin' back of them 'em. I'll come through." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "How's the saddle?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "It's wonderful. I'm not going to begin to thank you for it, now, Sandy." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Glad to be back?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "No words for that, Sandy. Her eyes crinkl...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "The Nicholson person--her first name is Clarice--is well-meanin' enough. She ain't shif'less, but she ain't what you'd call practical. I reckon she does fine in teachin' Molly some things, but she'd be plumb wasted out West. She never saw a churn an' she'd likely die of thirst b...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "That Donald is a good-lookin' lad, went on Miranda." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "It must take him an awful waste of time to fix his clothes every time he puts 'em on. I don't know how smart he is inside, but he's got some of them movin'-picture heroes beat on appea...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "The writer, Kiplin', said Sandy," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I'm goin' home, said Miranda, as the girl entered the room." }, { "from": "human", "value": "I've got you started an' I'll run over once in a while to see how Pedro is makin' out." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I'm going to Daddy's grave, said Molly, when Miranda had flivvered off." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I wish the three of you would come there to me in about ten minutes. Miss Nicholson, everybody's at home here. Please do anything you want to, nothing you don't wan...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I wanted to thank you all, she said," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I've brought some things for you, said Molly." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Just presents that I bought in shops. But I wanted to thank you out here where Daddy lies." }, { "from": "human", "value": "We're sure glad to git back the Mascot of the Three St...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Miranda's a dear, she said." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I wish she'd marry Mormon. But Kate Nicholson is a far better cook than she is. Only she won't do anything for fear of hurting Miranda's feelings." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I love it," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Not much like the East, is it, Molly?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Not a bit. Lots better." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "You must miss a lot." }, { "from": "human", "value": "What, for...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Young Keith'll be over soon, I reckon, he said presently." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "He said he'd come. Like him, Molly?" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "He's a nice boy, she said." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "He has always had things his own way. He's partly spoiled, I'm afraid. He'd have been a lot nicer if he had been brought up on a ranch. I've told him so." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Why?" },...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "This is the Three Star, isn't it?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Sure is, he said." }, { "from": "human", "value": "You know Miss Bailey, Westlake? Miss Keith an' Miss Nicholson, Mr. Westlake. They both know something about you. Come to stay, I hope." }...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "If you can put up with me, for a bit, said Westlake." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I've come partly on business, Bourke. I've left Casey Town." }, { "from": "human", "value": "You're more than welcome, he said." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Keith would rather develop a good property than a bad one. He has established himself, has a future to look to. He carries his investing clients from one proposition to another. He never has to risk his own money and he has been lucky. He has made money--lots of it. Now then, wh...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Now then--there's no gold left back of the boarding in those stopes--practically none! The Molly is played out, picked like a walnut of its meat! If they do develop down to the second porphyry level they won't find anything to pay for the work. They have taken all the sylvanite ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Keith can't help the mine peterin' out, he said." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Jest why is he hidin' it? So's he can sell new shares an' keep the price up of the old ones. So's he can unload?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Plain enough. Now the Molly M...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Young Keith sabe his father's play?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "No. Westlake spoke decidedly." }, { "from": "human", "value": "He's not interested in mining. He's on the trip because his father holds the purse strings. He's a good deal of a cub, at pre...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "This Westlake hombre'll go a long ways, summed up Sam to Sandy after Westlake had turned in and Mormon had yawned himself off to bed." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "He sure knows a heap, he don't brag, he's on the square an' he ain't afraid of work." }, { "fr...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I heard some talk in Hereford this morning of trouble at one ranch not far from here, he went on." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "A horse ranch run by a man named Plimsoll. Waterline Ranch, I think they call it. I have a commission from a man in Chicago to look up som...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "They make a wonderful pair, don't they? she said to him." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Both Western, full of life and mutual interest." }, { "from": "human", "value": "I've brought a telegram out for you, Mr. Westlake, she said." }, { "from": "gp...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "That's fine! she exclaimed." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "But it means you've got to go. I'm sorry for that." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I'll have to go first thing to-morrow, said Westlake." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I'm sorry, too. They've come up to my counter-offer, Bourke, and they want me to come on immediately. It means a lot to me. Everything," }, { "from": "human", "value": "Y...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Now tell me about Keith, demanded Miranda." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "What's he been up to?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "I ain't a mite surprised. That Westlake acts white. I liked him from the start. What are you goin' to do about Molly? You ain'...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I've got something to tell you, Sandy, she said." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "It's private, for the present," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "It's a love story, Sandy," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Westlake?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Yes. He wanted me to tell you before he went. He's very fond of you, Sandy." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Is he? Sandy spoke slowly, rousing h...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I was the first girl he had seen for a long while, you see, Molly was saying." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "And he had to talk it over with some one. He told me about it first this morning and then the telegram came." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Talk...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Bring her out to the Three Star sometime, he told him." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Mind if I tell Sam and Mormon, Westlake? They'll sure be tickled." }, { "from": "human", "value": "I'd like them to know. And we'll come, when we can. Maybe we'll find y...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Mr. Keith's in town, she said." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "With Donald and his secretary, Mr. Blake. He asked me if Mr. Westlake had been here and he seemed annoyed when I told him I had just seen him off on the train. They all came from Casey Town in the big car....
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Goin' to take Donald Keith out fo' a real ride on a real hawss?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Yes. To-morrow. He's keen to go. You'll come. And Sam and Kate?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "I've got a hunch I'm goin' to be busy ter-morrer. Keith's comin...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "It sure looks like a busy day ter-morrer, Sandy said half aloud." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Keith and Brandon--which means roundin' up Jim Plimsoll. Sam don't get to any picnic, either. He'll have to 'tend to the hawsses." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "If they're broken, I must be all apart, he said, watching them plunge wildly about the corral at the sight of visitors." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I'd hate to try to ride one of them in Central Park. If I could stick on I'd be pinched for endangering the public. ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Know what time yore father expects to be out?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "He didn't say. He's got some business to attend to. Some time in the forenoon, I imagine. I know he's figuring on getting back to Casey Town to-night. Molly, you haven't taken me out to see ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I was detained in Hereford, Bourke, he said." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I haven't much time for anything but a flying visit. I promised Mrs. Keith I'd come over the first opportunity, and I wanted to see you. Donald's out with Molly, you say. I'll leave him with ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "There are some papers for you to examine, as Molly's guardian, said Keith." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "But Blake has them." }, { "from": "human", "value": "We'll take them up later. Anythin' else?" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Nothing of great importance. I hear Westlake has been over here, Bourke. We had a misunderstanding. Sorry to lose him, since you recommended him." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "He figgers he has a better job," }, { "from": "human", "value": "I'm glad he t...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Excuse me a minute, Keith, he said." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "My partner wants to see me." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Mirandy wants to see you, panted Mormon." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "She's found out somethin' about Keith that sure shows his play. He's been discardin'!" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Hen Collins had an accident last night, she said." }, { ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Ed went nosin' around Hereford this mo'nin'. He got eight men--their names is inside the envelope--Creel one of 'em--to admit they'd bought some shares. Mighty glad they was to have 'em. Ed didn't tell 'em anything different, but he come scootin' home at noon an' I borrowed Hen'...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "If I was not friendly to you, Bourke, I should take that as a direct insult. I can understand that you believe in Westlake and take stock in what he told you. But he is a discharged employee. He has every reason...." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "He's a friend of min...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "When we bring up stock fo' shipment we sometimes have trouble with the longhorns. We've got a dehornin' machine fo' them. That's yore trubble, so fur as this locality is concerned. You need dehornin'. I can find out who you sold stock to easy enough, but I don't care to waste th...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "We want the list of the folks you unloaded Molly stock to," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Speak up," }, { "from": "human", "value": "There's a fine patch of prickly pear handy, suggested Sam." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Fine fo' restorin' t...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Tell him, you damned fool!" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "The stubs are in the car at Hereford depot, said Blake." }, { "from": "human", "value": "In the safe." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Money there too? I suppose you cashed the checks?" ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Could I ask you to mail these letters, Mr. Keith? Two of Molly's and one of my own." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "To hell with you! he shouted, his face empurpled." }, { "from": "human", "value": "You're fired!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I oughter shoot the tongue out of you befo' I put a slug through yore head, said Sam, standing in front of the promoter, tense as a jaguar couched for a spring, his eyes glittering, his voice packed with venom." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "You git down on yo' knees...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Thank you, Mr. Manning, she said." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Please let him get up, and put away your pistol." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Git up, said Sam," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I'll mail them, Miss Nicholson, said Sandy." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Let's go. He took Sam aside as the car swung round and up to the porch." }, { "from": "human", "value": "I'm obliged to you, Sam, he said." }, { "from": "gpt", "value":...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "You say the mine has petered out?" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "That is the news from my superintendent, said Keith." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I wish I could doubt it. Under the circumstances, consulting with Mr. Bourke, who represents the majority stock, we concluded there was no other action for us to take but to recall th...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Evenin', gents, he greeted them, his voice husky, inclined to hiccough." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "This here is one hell of a town, Bourke! They've took away my guns an' told me to be good, they're sellin' doughnuts an' buttermilk down to Regan's old joint, popco...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Why in hell would I sober up? he demanded." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Plimsoll, the lousy swine, he stole my gal, God blast him! He drove me off'n the Waterline, him an' the ones that hang with him. I'd like to see him hang. I'd like to see the eyes stickin' out ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "What's this?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I picked him up three mile' back, hoofin' it. He was headin' fo' Bitter Flats but he wanted the ranch, said the cowboy to Sandy, ignoring Keith." }, { "from": "human", "value": "We burned wind an' leather comin'...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Git some water, he ordered Keith." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "We've got no licker on the ranch. Here's one of the times Prohibition an' me don't hitch." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Pinch his nose, he said to Keith." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "He's breathin' regular. Stroke his throat soon as I git the stuff back of his teeth. So. Now then." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Now, sonny, he said." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Tell us about it. How'd this happen an' where? An' when, if you can place that?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Just a second," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Whisky got me going, he said." ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "The two men behind told me to throw up my hands, said young Keith, his face reddening." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "What could I do?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Nothin', son. You c'udn't have done a thing. Go on." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I didn't know what to do. I couldn't rescue Molly without a horse. I only had a revolver against their rifles and I'm not much of a shot. I tried to get back here but it was hard to find the way. I knew it was east but the sun was high and I wasn't sure which way the shadows lay...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Ain't it jest plumb hell--beggin' yore pardon, marm--but that's what it is--plain hell! cried Mormon. Tears of mortification were in his eyes, his voice was high-pitched and his chagrin was so much like that of an overgrown child that Kate Nicholson felt constrained to laugh des...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Sam can't take cover extra good, though he shoots middlin'. Sandy, he shoots like lightnin' fast an' straight." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "But there are four against him, at least." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Fo' what? asked Mormon with a look of ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "We're goin' to cross a hard country, li'l' hawss, said Sandy." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "But I figger we can make it. Got to make it, Pronto. An' we're sure goin' to. Doin' it fo' her." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Grit must have been hurt pritty b...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I'll score one fo' you, Grit, while I'm about it," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Hit the back-trail fo' home, li'l' hawss, he said." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "If I need me a mount to git back I'll borrow one. I got to go belly-trailin' pritty soon." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Looks like Grit's cashed in, thought Sandy." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "That bird was a late comer, at that." } ]