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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Into th' round corral! cried Jed." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Keep goin'! You're doin' fine!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "That's sport! he declared." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "But, say, will these horses always follow a rider that way?" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "As I said, they're like men. To be sure, lots of men has got to give that what's leadin' 'em such a run that they beat it to death an' get a chance to go free!" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Say, he said, turning round," }, { "from": "human", "value": "I ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "No, that's not they, he muttered." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Jed said there were two white mares among them. Not--" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "The Captain! Danny breathed, and then, in a cry which echoed down the gulch--" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "The Captain!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Well, he got you, didn't he?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I thought he would, all along; and I knowed he had you when I see you break up over th' ridge. You've got th' fever now, like a lot of th' rest of us! Mebby you'll chase horses here for years, but you'll alw...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "But you, sonny--you couldn't keep it from me. I know what it is, I know. I seen it when you got off th' train at Colt--seen that somethin' had got you down. I knowed for sure what it was when you stopped by th' saloon there. I knowed how honest you was with yourself in that litt...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I used to be proud when they called me Old VB, 'cause they all knowed th' brand was on th' level, an' when they, as you might say, put it on me, I felt like I was wearin' some sort of medal. I feel just like makin' you part of th' VB--Young VB--'cause I can help you here an'--an...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Who's your new hand?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Well, sir, he's th' ridin'est tenderfoot you ever see! Jed boasted." }, { "from": "human", "value": "I picked him up out at Colt an' put him to work--after Charley went away." }, { "from": "gpt",...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Oh, yes, he's th' feller," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Think you can?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I don't know, Jed, but it's time I found out!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Hurt?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Nothing but my pride," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Not again to-day, he said, with a pride that he could not suppress." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Take it easy; try him again to-morrow." }, { "from": "human", "value": "But I don't want to give up! protested the boy." }, { "from": "gpt", "va...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Look! the old man said in a low voice, pointing into the gulch." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "It's a Percheron--one of Thorpe's stallions. He's come into th' Captain's band an' they're goin' to fight!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Look at him! whispered Jed." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Look at that cuss! He hates that gray so that he's got th' fear of death in him! Look at them ears! Hear him holler! He's too quick. Too quick, an' he's got th' spirit that makes up th' difference in weight--...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "He like to broke his back!" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "And look at him bite!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "You're that sort, too, he whispered exultingly." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "You're that sort! _His_ kind!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "If it ain't Kelly! Jed cried. Then, in explanation:" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "He's a horse buyer, an' must be comin' to see me." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Will it always be so? he asked the distances." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "When it comes to challenge me, to take away all that I hold dear, shall I always be afraid? Shan't I be able to stand and fight and triumph, merely raging because it dares tempt me instead o...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "She's alone, muttered VB." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "She's driving that car alone--and out here!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "East--college--I'll bet--I--I wonder--" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Ranger," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "A south front was the idea, I suppose, VB murmured." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Mere matter of--" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Was you considerin' havin' a bit o' refreshment, stranger?" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Ranger ain't no eastern Sunday school. Better have one an' be a man, like th' rest o' th' boys!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "VB, he called," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "All right, Jed," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I'm sorry, he said, seeing the strain about the boy's mouth." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I never thought about it until come night, Young VB. I never thought about it. I--I guess I'm an old fool, gettin' scared th' way I do. So I shoved this candle up against th' ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "It's his new drift fence, Jed explained." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "He's goin' to have a lot of winter pasture, to be sure he is. It'll help us, too. When we come takin' these here willow tails off this ridge they'll find somethin' new. It's so close up to the fo...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "He has faith in himself because he is physically equipped, VB murmured one day as he saw the Captain standing against the sky on a distant ridge." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "His belief in himself is justified. But I--what do I know about my own capabilities?" } ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "What you see, cayuse?" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "E-e-eyah!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "E-e-eyah!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Scotched! screamed Young VB." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Scotched! You're my property!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "It's no use! the man cried, his voice crackling in excitement." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I've got you right--right--_right!_" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Oh, Captain! he moaned." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Captain, don't you see I wouldn't harm you? Only you had to be mine! I had to get bigger than you were, Captain--for my own salvation. It was the only way, boy; it was the only way!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "It's where I struck you! whispered VB, the triumph all gone again, solicitation and a vast love possessing him." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "It's where I struck you, Captain. Oh, it hurts me, too--but it must be so, because things are as they are. There will be mor...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Got one?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Yes--one," }, { "from": "human", "value": "You've got th' Captain!" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "It's the Captain, said VB unsteadily, as though too much breath were in his lungs." }, { "from": ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "If he should have gone an' busted over while I was away I'd--I'd never forgive myself--lettin' that boy go to th' bad just for a dinky claim!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Oh, VB!" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "How's th'--" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Yes, he said with soft pride, as though telling of a sacred thing," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Did you do it--and alone?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Well, there wasn't any one else about," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Well, I'm a--" ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "You done it, Young VB! he cried brokenly." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "You done it! Oh, I'm proud of you! Your old adopted daddy sure is! You done it all by yourself, an' it's somethin' that nobody has ever been able to do before!" }, { "from": "human", ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Why, Captain! the boy cried." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "What ails you?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "What ails him? cried Jed." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Man alive, I'd expect to see him tryin' to tear our hearts out!" }, { ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Well, I'm a--" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Come over and meet the boss, Captain," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Captain, exclaimed VB," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "To be sure, nothin' ails him, said Jed sagely." }, { "from": "human", "value": "You're his master; you own him, body and soul; but you ain't drove th' hate for men out of his heart. He seems to love yo...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "That's right, Young VB--be proud of it! Be proud that he's yours; be proud that he's yours, an' yours only. Keep him that way; to be sure, an' you've earned it!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Say, VB, he makes th' ace of spades look like new snow, don't he?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "He does that!" }, { "from": "human", "value": "VB, I'm a-- Lord, a thousand dollars for a new oath!" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Why, boy, you'r...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "How long?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Six days--from dawn till dark. One to get a halter on him, another to get my hand on his head; three days in the Scotch hobble, and the last--to ride him like a hand-raised colt." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Ai...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Jed, VB said, as though he had waited to broach something of great import," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I've written a letter this morning, and I want to read it to you, just to see how it sounds out loud." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Your affectionate son," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I'm going to get it over to Ant Creek and let some of the boys take it to the river when they go with beef, he explained." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Now, how does it sound?" }, { "from": ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I took his power from him, made him my own, made him my servant. Yet it didn't scathe his spirit. It has changed all that bitterness into love, all that wasted energy into doing something useful. I didn't break him, Jed; I converted him. Understand?" }, { "from": "gpt", ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Some folks is fools enough to say women don't die of broken hearts. But--well, when a feller knows some things he wants to go tell 'em to men who don't know; to help 'em to understand, if he can; to give 'em a hand if they do see but can't find their way out--" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "That's the Captain, he said solemnly;" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Well, I don't want you; but I s'pose you might as well come in and get it off your mind!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Will you ever say it again--that you don't want me?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "No--but merely because I'm intimidated into promising," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Well, what is it this morning?" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "When I was a little girl I was a sort of tom-cow-boy. I could do things as well as any of the boys I ever knew could do them. But after ten years, mostly away in the East, where girls are like plants, I've lost it all. Now I want to get it back." }, { "from": "gpt", ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Nonsense! In the first place, he couldn't be broken to ride. Men aren't made big enough to break the spirit of a devil like that! They're bigger than humans. So we can end this discussion in peace. It's impossible!" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "All right, Gail said ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "That must be he!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Good morning," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Good afternoon, Thorpe corrected." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Jed here?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "No; he's riding," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "We came over to look at a horse I heard was here--this one, I guess. Isn't he the wild stallion?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Used to be wild." }, { "from": "human", "value": "He looks it yet. Watch him plunge!" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Why, look, daddy, the girl cried," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Oh, daddy, what a horse!" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Lord, what a horse! Anybody tried to ride him?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "He gets work every day," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Yes; he works right along." }, { "from": "hu...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Don't like strangers, I see." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Not crazy about them," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Well, want to get rid of him?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "What do you want for him?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "What? he said in surprise." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I was thinking. I didn't catch your question." }, { "from...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Tell Jed I was over, the big man said as they gave up their errand and turned to go." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "And --as he set a foot on the running board of his car--" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Yes, do!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Bob Thorpe was over to-day." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "So?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Uh-huh; wanted to buy the Captain." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "That's natural." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Wanted me to give yo...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "But I will give you kisses for him! Surely that is enough!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "S'pose I could get you to crawl up on the Captain an' take a shoot up Curley Gulch with an eye out for that black mare an' her yearlin'?" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Oh, Captain! he muttered, putting his face close to the animal's cheek." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "You know what it is to fight for yourself! You know--but where you found love and help when you lost that fight, I'd find--just blackness--without even a candle--" ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Why can't I turn all this longing into something useful? he asked the horse." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Your lust for freedom has come to this end; why can't my impulses to be a wild beast be driven into another path?" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Oh, boy, you know what one kind of thirst is, he said in a whisper." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "But there's another kind that this stuff won't quench! The thirst that comes from being in blackness--" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "You don't appear to be overglad to see us," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "You've guessed it, he said calmly." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I don't know why I should be glad to see you. These others --he motioned--" }, { "from": "human", "value": "But that makes no difference, he went on." }, { "from": "gpt", "value...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Por Dios, hombre!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Hold on! he cried in sudden alarm." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Don't go too near; he's dangerous!" }, { "from": "human", "value": "What's got into you? demanded Rhues, turning, while the Mexican laughed jeeringly." }, { "from": "gpt", "valu...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Who says so, besides you, you ----. Why, you ain't no more man'n that hoss is hoss!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "This man insulted the Captain. I had to whip him." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "You're a coward, Rhues--a dirty, sneaking, low-down coward! Every gun-man is a coward. It's no way to settle disputes--gun fighting." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Don't start anything, because I'll fight in two ways hereafter--in my way and in yours. And that goes for you other two. If you run with this--this _thing_, it marks you. I know what would have happened if Jed hadn't come up. You'd have killed me! That's the sort you are. Rememb...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "They're a thievin' bunch, though it ain't never been proved. Nobody trusts 'em; most men let 'em alone an' wait fer 'em to show their hand. They've been cute; they've been suspected, but they ain't never got out on a limb. They've got a lot to cover up, no doubt. But they've got...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Good! I'm glad to hear it. Too bad th' kid didn't beat him to death!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I think that if you'd flatter him enough--if we both would--that he would listen. Don't you?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "No, he answered." }, { "from": "human", "value": "You can't convince me of that. You don't know men, and I do. I've seen one or two...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I think he'll come to like you, said VB, looking from his horse to the girl." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I don't see how he could help it--to like women, understand, he added hastily when she turned a wide-eyed gaze on him." }, { "from": "human", "valu...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "She's as much of the real stuff as you are, old boy! Do you think, Captain, that I can ever match up with you two?" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Why do you keep me at this?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "This? What? I don't get your meaning." }, { "from": "human", "value": "At coming over here? Why don't you come to see me? I-- Of course, I haven't any fine horse to show you, but--" }, { "...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I'd given you up!" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "In three days?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Well--most boys in the East would have come the next morning--if they were really interested." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "This is Colorado," ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "You don't know what it means--to sit here and talk of these things with you," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Well, I should like to know," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "It's your turn to call now, he shouted back to her, and when the ridge took him from sight he leaned low to the Captain's ear and repeated gently,--" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I didn't come to see the Captain this time, she announced to them both." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I came to pay a party call to Mr. VB, and to include Mr. Avery. Because when a girl out here receives a visit from a man it's of party proportions!" }, { "f...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Well, are you never going to see me?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I was interested, he said in excuse." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Getting my bearings." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I can't dance in these riding boots, he confided with...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Mr. VB, why do you go about with that awful name? It's almost as bad as being branded." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Maybe I am branded, he said slowly, and her agile understanding caught the significance of his tone." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Per...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "What am I? he repeated dully, trying to rally himself." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "What am I? Unknowingly his fingers gripped her arm." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Who knows? I don't!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Young VB is afraid to take a drink," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Mebby he is, he commented, reprimand in his tone," }, { "from": "human", "value": "I guess you're right. Maybe the booze has put a crimp in him." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "You're mighty enthusiastic about that place, seems to me," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Why shouldn't I be? she asked." }, { "from": "human", "value": "There's where they keep the finest horse in this country!" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Aren't you afraid to pack all that around, Kelly?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "No--nobody holds people up any more, he laughed." }, { "from": "human", "value": "There's only an even six hundred there, anyhow--and a fifty-dollar bill issued by the Confed...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I'm going away, too," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "So?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Yes; mother and I will leave for California day after to-morrow, for the winter." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "That will be fine!" }, { "from": "...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Yes, he answered, meeting her answer truthfully," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I shall miss you. I like you." }, { "from": "human", "value": "But I'm sorry, he said," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I must be going." }, { "from": "human...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "He wouldn't even ask me to go--go with him. He cares more about--that horse--than--" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I hate you! I hate you! Then mounting to the seat and tucking the robe about her ankles, she blew her nose, wiped her eyes, and in a voice strained high...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I don't want to get too far, anyhow, he said." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Those waddies like to rimmed me last night. Got all I had except what's in old Betsy, the belt. I'm goin' back to-night and get their scalp!" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Oh, ...