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[ { "from": "human", "value": "How serious you look, said Randy," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "No, indeed, he answered with a laugh," }, { "from": "human", "value": "I am not allowing a thought of study to mar to-night's enjoyment. I was just wondering, Randy, why some girls are very ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I shall not leave behind the knowledge which I have gained. I shall be all the happier because of it, but home is home, isn't it, Jotham?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Indeed it is," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Oh, what a lovely, lovely party! I was sorry to see them go. I am not even tired. No one could be tired during such an evening." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Dear Randy, said Helen," }, { "from": "human", "value": "Why, I was only just myself. I was not ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "There, ye can rest naow, fer a spell, 'til ye git yer wind, an' then I'll set ye at it agin." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Well, fust ye won't stop, an' then ye won't budge! I vaow I never see a pair er critters like ye, 'cept my wife an' cousin Sabriny!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "G'lang there! Wal, I'll be switched if she isn't comin' daown ter the bars naow. Wonder what's up?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Jabez! Jabez! _Ja--bez!_" }, { "from": "human", "value": "All right, I'll be there," }, { "from": "gpt", "value":...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "We know what the air is, an' fer that matter, so does she; she's allus lived here. An' as ter the springs; she never so much as looked at 'em when she was here before, but she spent a lot er time tellin' me how she couldn't sleep on my corded beds. She said she had ter sleep on ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Sabriny feels better in a 'higher altitude,'--well, why doesn't she git one, whatever 'tis, an' git inter it an' stay there, 'stead a pesterin' me with her visits." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "She seems ter 'have little energy,'--wal, I don't want ter be mean, but ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Yes, sir, he's a great feller, he is. There ain't another as 'riginal as he is on the globe, I bet ye. He's done a lot er bright things time an' time 'n again, but this time beats the other times all holler." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "What's he done naow?" }, ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "And have you heard the latest news from home, Randy?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Timotheus Simpkins has 'blossomed aout,' as his father expresses it and a specimen of his 'literatoor' is printed in the county paper. Father sent me a marked copy, and if you like I ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Yours thortfully TIMOTHEUS SIMPKINS." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Poor Timotheus," }, { "from": "human", "value": "And why 'poor Timotheus'? asked Professor Marden." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "With his stock of egotism, I think the fellow...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "The paper is not published in our town, continued Jotham," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Timotheus, however, had the joy of feeling that his literary work had a market value," }, { "from": "human", "value": "Poor boy! I wonder when and how he will outgrow...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Then on two weeks from to-day, Randy, I may call for you, and together we will travel toward home?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Yes, oh yes, Randy answered, an odd little note in her voice," }, { "from": "human", "value": "And since we cannot accompany ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Professor Marden is a most charming young man, said Aunt Marcia, as she stood at the window watching his receding figure." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "He is very like his father, who was once my most valued friend." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Just a little gift, dear Randy. Open it when the train has started and you are on your way home." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "O Nina, I shall prize your gift, whatever it may be, said Randy." }, { "from": "human", "value": "How can I wait until to-morro...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Father says, 'Tell Miss Nina that I am anxious to see my daughter's dear friend of whom she writes such pleasant things.' Even Aunt Prudence says, 'I think I shall approve of Miss Irwin,' and little Prue says, 'Tell the Nina girl I want her to come!'" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Tell your mother how gladly I accept her invitation, and tell Prue that the 'Nina girl' has no little sister, and that she is very eager to see Randy's little Prue." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Dear child promise me that you will come again, thus only, can I see yo...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Come and lunch with Aunt Marcia and me she had said," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I have you for company, and the day is sunny, I have my gifts, too, and best of all, I shall soon see every one at home. O, Jotham, are you as glad as I am, to-day?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I am every bit as happy as you are, Randy; I have worked very hard this...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "You now see that I can be with you always." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Nina knew that I would rather have her picture than any other thing," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Look out, Randy! This is the next town to ours." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Do you mean that we are so near home?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Ah home is home after all," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "O Randy, my Randy! I thought you'd ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "And mother and Aunt Prudence?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Oh they're feelin' pretty spry now the day's come fer ye to arrive. They're full er preparations fer yer home-comin', an'--" }, { "from": "human", "value": "An' the big cake has got pink frostin...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Oh, I wish Johnny Buffum was here to hear all 'bout Boston, sighed Prue," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "There, didn't I _say_ the cake had pink frosting onto it?" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Randy is here, Randy is here!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I can't go to school and not see my Randy all day. I don't want to be anywhere where my Randy isn't." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "It is so near the end er the term, why not let her stay at home, mother?" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Me 'n Tabby is just 'special glad you've got home." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "You precious little sister, Randy answered," }, { "from": "human", "value": "I've been longing all winter to see you, and when I have sat before the fire with Miss Dayton on...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "After she was gone Mis' Brimblecom opened the parcel an' she an' Jabez just looked at each other, an' didn't speak. Sabriny's gift was _a wire tea strainer_! Barnes sells 'em fer ten cents daown ter the store." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I should try, in some way,...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Look, Randy, look! See old Mr. Simpkins coming this way." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Glad ter see ye, glad ter see ye, Randy. Ye're lookin' fine. Haow be ye, an' haow's Boston?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Oh, ye did hear?" }, { "from": "gp...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Oh, I'm glad to be with you all, and am pleased that you came over this morning to see me. Sit down upon the wall and tell me all the news, and I will try to answer all your questions." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Randy and Prue" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "The sign of the Cauliflower was stiff with snow." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Amusements he said slowly, as he came back with a shiver and, resuming his seat by the tap-room fire, looked at the wayfarer who had been idly questioning him." }, { "from": "huma...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "That's one o' Bob Pretty's larks, said the old man, flushing." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I see you talking to 'im, and I thought as 'ow he warn't up to no good. Biggest rascal in Claybury, he is. I've said so afore, and I'll say so agin." }, { "from": "hu...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "We each pay twopence a week till Christmas, he ses," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "He'll 'ave the same chance as all of you, he ses." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "No more and no less." }, { "from": "human", "value": "I'd feel more easy in my mind, though, if'e wasn't in it, ses Bill Chambers, staring at Bob." }, { "from": "gpt"...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "How are we going to draw the lottery?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "There'll be twenty-three bits o' paper, ses Smith," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Is that satisfactory?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Couldn't be fairer," }, { "from": "human", "value": "Mind, ses Smith, putting them into a tall paper bag that had 'ad sugar in it and shaking them up," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Number I...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Silence! ses Mr. Smith, at last." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Silence! How dare you make that noise in my 'ouse, giving it a bad name? Bob Pretty 'as won it fair and square. Nothing could ha' been fairer. You ought to be ashamed o' yourselves." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I've seen you afore to-day, he says, nodding his 'ead." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I like a joke as well as anybody, but it ain't fair to try and make fun of a pore, 'ard-working man like that." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "he ses, getting it up on his back." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Well, so long, mates." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Ain't you--ain't you going to stand us a drink out o' one o' them bottles?" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "No, mates, he ses, at last," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "It can't be 'elped, ses Mr. Smith." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "He 'ad the pluck to draw fust, and he won; anybody else might ha' done it. He gave you the offer, George Kettle, and you, too, Henery Walker." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Hush!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Wot's the matter with you?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I've got it! he says." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Where's that bag?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Wot bag? ses Mr. Smith, staring at 'im." }, { "from": "human", "value...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "You can't do anything, ses Smith, the landlord." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "You can't prove it. After all, it's only Dicky's idea." }, { "from": "human", "value": "We're going to have that hamper back, he ses, as soon as Mr. Smith 'ad gone back to the ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "One of us must get Bob Pretty up 'ere to-morrow night and stand 'im a pint, or p'r'aps two pints, he ses." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "While he's here two other chaps must 'ave a row close by his 'ouse and pretend to fight. Mrs. Pretty and the young 'uns are sure t...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "And wot's to be done with the hamper when we've got it?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Have it drawed for agin, ses Henery." }, { "from": "human", "value": "It'll 'ave to be done on the quiet, o' course." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Burn the...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "You 'ad the pluck to draw fust, he ses," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Arter all, a man can't 'elp winning a prize," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I couldn't," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Mind you, ses Bill Chambers, looking round," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I 'ope Henery Walker 'as got it all right, ses Dicky Weed." }, { "from": "human", "value": "When shall we know?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "He'll come up 'ere and te...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "The door opened and Henery Walker came staggering in." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Wots the matter, Henery?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Didn't you get the hamper?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Shut up! he ses, as Bill Chambers started ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Where's Henery Walker?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Halloa, Bob!" }, { "from": "human", "value": "What was you doing in my 'ouse?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I--I just looked in to see whether you was in, Bob," }, { "from": "human...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "What was that?" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Arise, arise!--ha, Beltane--Pentavalon!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Blind Luck," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "The Boy in Black," }, { "from": "human", "value": "Chris, the Comedian," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Git Up and Git," }, { "from": "human", "value": "Walt, the Wonder Worker," }, { ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "If I had that fellow here I'd make him wish he'd never heard the name of Augustus Wattles. And I'll do it some day, too." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "His naturally florid face was redder than usual, and his fists were clinched in a manner that augured no good to th...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "It's pretty tough, said Mr. Perley," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I know it isn't. Well, this is the last time that loafer will play that trick on me. He thinks that because I have been easy with him in the past there is no end to my patience. I'll show him that he ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "This is the chance I have been looking for; I won't let the opportunity slip. It doesn't seem as if there would be much hope for me, but there's no harm in trying, anyhow." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Well, what is it?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Can I speak with you a few minutes, sir?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Not now, not now." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I want to see you on business, sir." }, { "from": "human", ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "We haven't had an advance sale like this since the house was built, said the local manager to Mr. Wattles, a short time before the doors were opened." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Why, there isn't a seat left in the house except in the gallery, and they will be all ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "There's nothing the matter, is there?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I should say there was, was the reply." }, { "from": "human", "value": "We're in a nice fix. Mrs. Anderson won't play!" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Mrs. Anderson won't play...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "BLANCHE ANDERSON." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "groaned Mr. Perley." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Isn't that like a woman? Well, Wattles, we are in a nice little fix now. Of course, we shall have to give three-fourths of the audience their money back....
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Give it to Mrs. Anderson again; I think she will see me." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Well, I'll take it to her, but the chances are she'll give me orders to kick you out." }, { "from": "human", "value": "I didn't like to do it, murmured Al," }, { ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "So, Wattles, old man, he said, extending his hand," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "How dare you show your face here?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Eh! What's all this?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I don't want to have anything more to do w...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Stop!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I beg your pardon, sir, said the man, cringingly." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I didn't know that you were a friend of the family, or I wouldn't have spoken as I did. You see, sir, we're a good deal troubled by book agents and such like." }, { "from": "huma...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "My brave, noble boy, she cried," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Yes, why have you not called before?" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Intrude! cried the lady." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "You are, like all heroes, modest to a fault. You will always be a welcome guest here. But sit down; you must spend the evening with us." }, { "from": "human", "value": "I cannot," }, { "from"...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I am glad you have changed your mind, my boy. What reward do you wish? My little daughter's life is worth more to me than anything else on earth, so you need not be too modest in your request. How much shall it be? I will write a check for any reasonable amount you choose to nam...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Mr. Anderson, I don't want your money. I would not accept a penny of it. I only request that you allow your wife to keep her promise and appear to-night. I would not ask this if I thought there would be anything disagreeable to her in fulfilling her promise, but----" }, { ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Don't shoot! Mercy, mercy!" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Allston, he said," }, { "from": "human", "value": "Wait! Wattles, old man, I didn't know what I was doing. The fact is, I have been drinking pretty hard lately, but I shall be all right in a day or...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Now, ladies, if you will speak one at a time, and talk slow, I will try to straighten things out. What is the trouble, Mrs. Anderson?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "That woman, sobbed the society belle, indicating the actress," }, { "from": "human", "valu...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I'm glad to get rid of her, he said." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "This isn't the first time she and I have had words. I'll have another woman here to play the part to-morrow night, or I'll cut it out altogether; it isn't of any importance, anyhow. And, I say, I bel...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "This is immense, chuckled Mr. Wattles, rubbing his hands." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Allston, you are a trump. I wish you could do this in every town we visit." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Well, I'll do my best to repeat the success, smiled Al." ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Well, said Mr. Wattles, as the lady stood bowing and smiling," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "That shows what the public appreciation of the drama amounts to, remarked Mr. Wattles, sarcastically, although he had applauded Mrs. Anderson as loudly as anyone." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "You can't hear yourself think for the noise they make about this society ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "But this is not all. There is here to-night a young fellow townsman of ours of whom Boomville should be proud. I refer to the gentleman seated in the proscenium box on the other side." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Why, he means you! What have you been up to? I tell you, this is a great night for Boomville." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I repeat, I refer to the young gentleman yonder, Mr. Allen Allston." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Get up and bow," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Will the young gentleman kindly step upon the stage?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "This is the easiest way of getting on the stage, he said." }, { "from": "human", "value": "I wonder what they have got on foot. They ought to have told us. In a case like ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "It may not be known to many of you that we have a hero, a genuine hero, among us, but it is a fact. And that hero now stands blushingly upon the stage before us. Ladies and gentlemen, picture to yourselves this scene--a team of maddened horses rushing at a terrible rate of speed...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "It is not necessary that I enlarge upon the heroism displayed by this noble youth; it is evident to all of you, and the performance has already, perhaps, been delayed too long. I will close by requesting the acceptance by Mr. Allston of this token of esteem and appreciation from...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Speech, speech!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I had no idea you were a hero, he said." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "But why didn't you make a speech? Oh, I understand--stage fright. Well, never mind, you're the hero of the hour, anyway. Isn't that ring a sparkler! Just completes your outfit as advance agent; th...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I'm glad everything went off so well, said Mr. Wattles to Al, when the audience had dispersed." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I was a little afraid that fellow, Farley, would try to make some trouble for us. He's just about crazy enough from drink to do something des...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "If you have any last remarks to make, make 'em now, and be quick about it. We don't propose to fool away any time on this job." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "What does all this mean? gasped Al." }, { "from": "human", "value": "What are you going to do?" ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "See here, he exclaimed, impetuously," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "That's all right, was the sarcastic response of the spokesman of the crowd." }, { "from": "human", "value": "I told you we were not going to waste any words on you, and we are not." }, ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I'll do the job, he said." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Will you leave it to me, gents?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Gentlemen, I am innocent of this crime. My name is Allen Allston. I live in Boomville. Hundreds of people there know me, and can tell...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "See here, he presently said, in a voice that Al noticed trembled slightly," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "We don't want to make any mistake," }, { "from": "human", "value": "But you're not making any mistake. Don't I tell you I know the boy, that he is th...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "After him, Hammond and Thompson, and you, Porter! shouted the leader." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Don't let him get away from you." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Boy, I believe we have made a mistake. That fellow is the real thief." }, { "fro...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Ain't you got him?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "No, he gave us the slip. The moon has gone under a cloud, and in the darkness he got away. But we'll catch him yet." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Boy, he queried," }, { "from": "gpt", "value...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I'm delighted to see you, my dear young friend, was his greeting, as he grasped the boy's hand." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "We had a grand success last night, did we not? And it was all due to your efforts. If it had not been for your persistency Mrs. Anderson wou...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "But never mind about all that now. Some day you will doubtless remember with pride that you assisted at the début of Mrs. Anderson; but let us now talk of yourself." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "We might find a more interesting subject, sir," }, { "from": "h...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I am very much obliged to you for your kindness to me, sir." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "The obligation is on the other side, Mr. Allston, was the reply." }, { "from": "human", "value": "But good-day--and good luck to you." }, { "from": "gpt", ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Well, he has done the handsome thing, and no mistake." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I won't take it!" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Yes, you will take it! said Mr. Wattles, very emphatically." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "To return it woul...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "There won't be a corporal's guard at your show, said his informant, unsympathetically." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Everybody for miles around has been saving up to go to the circus. Other shows will be simply not in it." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "There's nothing to cry about, madam; I'm all right." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "You're sure you're not hurt?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Not in the least; not so much as scratched." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "You've had a mighty nar...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Yes, went on the _Banner_ man," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "We'll step in here, said the _Banner_ man, leading the way into the lobby of a hotel." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Really, it is lucky for you that this thing happened; it can't fail to boom your show. And it needs booming, too, let me tell you, for the circus will...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Why, that's just what I want. A romance in your life! Nothing could be better. A long-lost sister! That will show up in great shape in the heading." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "But, interrupted Al, coloring," }, { "from": "human", "value": "I don't want...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "They're rather chestnutty, he said, as he returned his notebook to his pocket," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Never mind, he said to himself," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "What's the use? said the manager of the theater, with a weary smile." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "It's sure to be a losing engagement, anyhow." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Maybe not, returned Al." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "You'd bett...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Something has got to be done," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Everything possible has been done, returned the manager, pettishly." }, { "from": "human", "value": "The amount of the thing is that we have struck an unlucky night, and there's no help for it."...