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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I'm glad to see you, he said, and I believed he meant it. He went on," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "This is the psychological moment for us both. I am looking for American material and I want something of yours. What have you to show me?" }, { "from": "human...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I predict a great success for it." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Rejoice! I've sold _The Middle Border_ to _Collier's Weekly_. Our troubles are over for a year at least." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Aren't you a little hard on me?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I don't think so, Father, I replied." }, { "from": "human", "value": "You must admit you were a stern disciplinarian in those days." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Well maybe I was-...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Why don't you come up? The best place for the children is on the lawn under the maples." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "My old legs are giving out. I don't enjoy walking any more. I don't stand the work of the garden as well as I did last year. You'd better come up an...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Oh, the old machine is wearing out, that's all." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "There's only one more migration left for us, he said composedly, yet with a note of regret. Not on the strength of any particular religious creed but by reason of a manly faith in the univ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Come, Hamlin, sing some of the songs your mother used to love, and I complied, although I could play but a crude accompaniment to my voice. First of all I sang" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Rise and Shine and" }, { "from": "human", "value": "The Sweet St...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Soon he must go to join Mother in the little plot under the pines beyond Neshonoc." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "The river's running just the same, The willows on its side Are larger than they were, dear Tom, The stream appears less wide, And stooping down to take a drink, Dear Heart, I started so, To see how sadly I was changed Since forty years ago!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Now let's get to work, he said." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I can't hoe as I used to do, and the weeds are getting the start of me." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Don't worry about the garden, I said." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "It is ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Papa's Mountains," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I have some lectures in Colorado, I explained," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I had counted on seeing Zulime and the children next week," }, { "from": "human", "value": "I want to inspect your mother's grave," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "You...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Here is where I want to lie, he said quietly and stooping, softly spread his sprays of roses above the mound." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "She loved all the prairie flowers, he said," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "They were American, he said." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "These German neighbors of ours are all right in their way, but it isn't our way. They are good citizens as far as they know how to be, but they don't think in our words. Soon there won't be any of the old fa...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Mrs. Morris cannot tell just when she will return--I fear not before the first of September. It is a wonderful opportunity for the children to see the mountains. I could not afford to take them on such a trip--much as I should like to do so--and there is no telling when such ano...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I want to watch the children's faces and hear their words of delight when they see the mountains, I explained to Mrs. Morris." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "My lectures at the Colorado Normal School do not begin till the second week in July--so that I can be with you...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Are those the mountains? asked Mary Isabel as we came in sight of the buttes of Eastern Wyoming." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "No, only hills," }, { "from": "human", "value": "Oh, they are so much finer than I expected them to be, she said, and from that...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "War! War!" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Father is patiently waiting for us and in the present state of things West Salem seems a haven, of rest. We must go to him at once." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Oh, but I'm glad to see you!" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Well, Father, what do you think about the European situation?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "I don't know what to think, he gravely answered." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "It start...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I can't read all the time, he said," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I want him to start his eighty-fifth year absolutely clear of debt," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I never had a birthday cake or a birthday celebration before in all my life," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I'm only a passenger now, he said." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I've finished my work." }, { "from": "human", "value": "This is my treat, he said, and knowing how much it meant to him I gladly accepted. With a fine sense of being up-to-date he reverted ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Soon for the sake of the children I must take them from this pleasant rut, I said to Zulime." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "It is true an author can make himself felt from any place, but why do it at a disadvantage? If it were not for Father, I would establish our wi...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Hamlin! Come quick. Something has happened. Come, quick, quick!" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Your father is lying out on the floor of the barn. I'm afraid he's gone!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "He must have died on his feet," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Yes, he went the way he wished to go," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Here is the end of a good man, I said." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Another soldier of the Union mustered out." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "He died like a soldier, I said to the awed children," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Neshonoc" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "It doesn't look too bad, Moran!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Do you hear what I do?" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Hm ... Call the others, Harper." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Listen!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "That's a marker, Carol announced." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I saw a costume-story tape once that had that sound in it. It marked a first-landing spot on some planet or other, so the people could find that spot again. It was supposed to be a long time ago, though...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Calling ground, he said briskly." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Calling ground! We pick up your signal. Please reply." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Well?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I think, said Carol," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I think, said Carol, to Moran," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Watch our height, Carol." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "The signal's coming from that mound, yonder." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "This sounds and looks like a nice place to live," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "What's that stuff there, the ground? he demanded." }, { "from": "human", "value": "We burned it away in landing. I've seen something like it somewhere, but never taking the pl...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "It's a ship, said Moran curtly." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "It crash-landed and its crew set up a signal to call for help. None came, or they'd have turned the beacon off. Maybe they got the lifeboats to work and got away. Maybe they lived as I'm expected to live ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "If there's a lifeboat left, said Carol suddenly," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Moran might be able to do something with it." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Ah, yes! said Moran." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "It's very likely that the ship hi...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "What the devil--." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "she said incredulously." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "This ground stuff, said Moran distastefully," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Suppose we go look at the ship? said Moran unpleasantly." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Maybe you can find out where you are, and I can find out what's ahead of me." }, { "from": "human", "value": "We'd better spread out, added Moran," }, { "from"...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "We're looking at an inch-worm, grown up like the beetles only more so. It's not an inch-worm any longer. It's a yard-worm. Then he said harshly to the men with him;" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "It's not a hunting creature on worlds where it's smaller. It's not like...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "This ship won't do anybody any good. It's old-style. That thick belt around its middle was dropped a hundred years ago, and more. There was an abrupt thickening of the cylindrical hull at the middle. There was an equally abrupt thinning, again, toward the landing-fins. The sharp...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "You're sure it didn't get through your suit?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "The creatures have changed size. There's no proof they've changed anything else. Beetles live in tunnels they make in fungus growths. The beetles and the tunnels are larger, but that's all. I...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I think, said Burleigh," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Why not another planet?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "It could take weeks, said Burleigh harassedly." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "We left Coryus three days ago. We ought to land on Lo...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I'm going with you, he said shortly." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Two will be safer than one,--both with torches." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Too, too true!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I'm not going to try to thank you--." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Because, Moran snapped," }, { "from": "human", "value": "That wasn't what I meant to say!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Those clicks come from the beetles in their tunnels underfoot. They're practically a foot long. How big do you suppose bugs grow here,--and why?" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Better watch me! snapped Moran." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "If I should kill Harper after all, you might have to pass me for him presently!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "This, said Moran coldly," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I killed this one, said Moran savagely," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "You keep watch. I'll finish the cut." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "So far, both of us, said Moran sourly." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I've just uncovered the crack of an airlock door." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Harper, we're in a sort of trench. If it hovers, you'll burn it as it comes down. Cut through its waist. It won't crawl toward us along the trench. It'd have to back toward us to use its sting." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Calling the _Nadine_! he said in mirthless amusement." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "This planet is Tethys Two. Do you read me? Tethys II! Look it up!" }, { "from": "human", "value": "There was the sound of murmurings in the control-room behind her." },...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "That's three of them I've killed, said Harper in a dogged voice." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "There seem to be more." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Did you hear my news?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Yes, said Harper." }, { "from"...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "We don't load bessendium tonight, he said with some grimness." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "To have no light, with what crawls about in the darkness, would be suicide. But to use lights would be worse. If you people are going to salvage the stuff in that wreck, you'...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "This, he said when Moran and Carol reëntered," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Money, said Moran drily." }, { "from": "human", "value": "You'll all be rich. You'll probably retire from politics." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "That wasn't exactly...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "You saw the cargo, said Burleigh, frowning." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "How's it packed? The bessendium, I mean." }, { "from": "human", "value": "It's in small boxes too heavy to be handled easily, said Moran." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I don't suppose he'll be so gloomy when he's rich!" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "His family was wiped out, said Burleigh curtly," }, { "from": "human", "value": "Then I take back what I said," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Burleigh, said Hallet expansively," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I've no idea, said Moran." }, { "from": "human", "value": "It would certainly pay for a fleet of space-liners, and I'd give all of it for a ticket on one of them." }, { "from": "gpt...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I've brought a bag. It was a pillow. Carol took the foam out." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "We'll fill it, said Moran." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Not too full. The stuff's heavy." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "There you are, said Moran....
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "How anxious, asked Hallet abruptly, gathering up the dropped crystals," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I'm not anxious at all," }, { "from": "human", "value": "Would you like to make a deal to go along when the _Nadine_ lifts?--_If_ there's a way to get pa...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I want Burleigh to come next trip, he told Harper," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I've been arranging storage for this stuff, he said." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I've opened plates between the hulls to dump it in. I've told Carol, too, that we've got to do a perfect job of cleaning up. There must be no stray crystals on the floor." }, { ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I've told you, he said evenly." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Maybe you'll think it's a scheme on my part to get Hallet dumped and myself elected to take his identity. But what happens from now on is your business. Beginning this moment, I'm taking care of my own ski...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Calling, said Moran sardonically into his helmet-phone." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Everything's cleaned up here. What next?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "said Hallet's voice from the ship. It was shivery. It was gleeful." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Everybody's at lunch, he said." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "We'll join them." }, { "from": "human", "value": "We're going to take off to find a place for you as soon as we've eaten," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Here goes!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Harper! Brawn! Help me!" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "He--he-- panted Moran." }, { "from": "human", "value": "He was going to kill Carol!" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I know, said Burleigh, distressedly." }, { "from": "human", "...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "We'll give him a hearing, of course, said Burleigh conscientiously." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "But we should survey the situation first." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Go ahead. When you're through I'll tell you what will be done." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "They want to talk to you." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Read this later. Not now, he said curtly. He opened and closed the drawer again, this time putting the paper in it." }, { "from": "human", "value": "I want you to read this after the Hallet business...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I'm listening," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Hallet, said Burleigh regretfully," }, { "from": "human", "value": "He didn't discuss that part of his plans. He only asked if I'd make a deal to escape being marooned." }, { "from": "gpt", "value"...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "He's gone, he said in a flat voice." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Out the airlock." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "He's right. It's gone. He took it." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I'm going to go out and kill him, said Moran very quietly." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Somebody else had better come along just in case. But you can't make a bargain with him. He can't believe in any promise, because he wouldn't keep any." }, { "from": "hu...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Remember, no talking! He'll pick up anything we say. Use gestures. Let's go!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "We want to cut the cables with torches, said Moran sharply." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "If we can make the web drop we'll be all right. Webspiders don't hunt on the ground. Go ahead! Make it fast!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Hallet! he barked into his helmet-phone," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Hallet! Hold still! Don't move!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "he gasped between screams." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "That, he said painfully," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "It's all bad business, said Burleigh in a flat and somehow exhausted tone." }, { "from": "human", "value": "The fuel-block burned. There's nothing left of it or Hallet or the spider." }, { "f...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Chokes yer, this dust? Wal, that Ain't the wust, When yer get back whar the Diggins are No pick, no shovel, no pan; Wal, yer a healthy man, Walk--jest walk." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Well, sir, said Mr. Hennessy," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Yes, said Mr. Dooley," }, { "from": "human", "value": "Clancy's son was in here this mornin', an' he says a frind iv his wint to sleep out in th' open wan night, an' whin he got up his pants ass...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Me experyence with goold minin' is it's always in th' nex' county. If I was to go to Alaska, they'd tell me iv th' finds in Seeberya. So I think I'll stay here. I'm a silver man, annyhow; an' I'm contint if I can see goold wanst a year, whin some prominent citizen smiles over hi...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Two and two make one, And slipped a sixteen K on Mamie's grab; And when the game was tied and all was done The guests shied footwear at the bridal cab, And Murphy's little gilt-roofed brother Jim Snickered," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "She's left her happy home for...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "What sort of fool playin' is that? And he says," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Heish!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Now, I says to my neighbor," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Heish!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "That's music, that is." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Go it, my Rube!" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Put him out! put him out!" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Put your great-grandmother's grizzly gray greenish cat into the middle of next month! I says." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Tech me if y...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Much obleeged, but I'd rather you wouldn't interrup' me." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Hot music on the half-shell for two!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Time fer de darnsin', come an' jine," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "You hold it This Way, and you swing it So." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "That frind iv ye'ers, Dugan, is an intilligent man, said Mr. Dooley." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "All he needs is an index an' a few illusthrations to make him a bicyclopedja iv useless information." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Well, said Mr. Hennes...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "An', as he goes down th' sthreet, he hears a band play an' sees a procission headed be a calceem light; an', in a carredge, with his plug hat in his hand an' his di'mond makin' th' calceem look like a piece iv punk in a smokehouse, is Flannigan, payin' his first visit this side ...