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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Well, then, all you want me to do is to stay here to-night to see that things don't go wrong. Is that it?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Yep-- Oh, I don't know, with a yawn." }, { "from": "human", "value": "I guess I won't sit in that game to-night. I'll ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Mighty glad Kelly got that man, he told Jed." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I'm like a fish out of water away from the Captain." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Hello, Dick!" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "How's things, Jed?" }, { "from...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "You don't mean you suspected VB? Dick--_Dick!_" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "You see, Jed, everybody in th' country has got to know what's up with VB. They know he's fightin' back th' booze! That gang o' skunks down at Ranger--Rhues an' his outfit--started out to rub it into VB, but everybody knew they was tellin' lies. An' everybody's thought lots of hi...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "But I tell you, Jed Avery, it sure's a relief to know it's all right." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "It's a rotten world, Dick--a rotten, rotten world! he said." }, { "from": "human", "value": "I know you're all right; I know you mean what you say; but ai...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Hello, Dick! he greeted cheerily." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Want me?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "No; I come up to get a little help from you if I can, though." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Help?" }, { "from": "human", "v...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "We'll settle down now and see who leaves the country." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Th' candle's burnin' bright, VB." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Yes, Jed; it surely burns bright." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "But yet sometimes, the younger man went on," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "But it-- You ain't been flickerin' lately, have you?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "I don't know, Jed, he said." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "That's the whole of it:...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Ain't this a good place, VB?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I never saw a finer, Jed! he cried." }, { "from": "human", "value": "If those people back in New York could only get the _feel_ of this country! You bet if they once did, it would empty that dink...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I hope that time will come before a man there gets to the end of things. He was hard with me, my father, Jed--mighty hard. But I know he was right. Perhaps I'm not doing all I could for his comfort, perhaps I'm making a bad gamble, but when I go back I want to be as I believe ev...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I've seen the other! Oh, I've seen it, not from the ground up, but from the ground down! I've gone to the very subcellars of rottenness--and there's nothing to attract. But here there's a bigness, a freedom, an incentive to be real that you won't find in places where men huddle ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Why didn't she send it to Jed--or to the Captain?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Where's that calendar we had around here?" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Why? he asked himself." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Why is it that the thirst calls so loudly when I think of that girl?" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "And his spirit didn't break, VB muttered." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "It's all there, just as sound as it ever was--but it's standing for different things. It's no longer defiance--it's love." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Poor Captain! muttered VB." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "It's like going away from a home--to leave him." }, { "from": "human", "value": "You're foolish! snorted Jed. Later he said sharply:" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "No, you ain't, either...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Better come in," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Wait!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I don't feel right--havin' you around Rhues, VB. He's bound to try to get you some time. I know his breed. He'll never forget th' beatin' you give him, an' th' first time he sees an openin' he'll try for you. Men like him lives just to settle one big grudge--nothin' else counts....
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Captain, the boy whispered, rubbing the velvety nose," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "We won't go back, Jed decided." }, { "from": "human", "value": "We'll go on over to th' S Bar S an' put up for th' night." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Hello, Bob! he cried when Thorpe himself threw the door open." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Keep a couple of stoppers to-night?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Well, Jed, you're a rough-looking old rascal; but I s'pose we'll have to take you in. Who els...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Hello, Mr. Avery! Before Jed could make answer she had gone on, as though ignoring him." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Hello, Mr. VB! Aren't you coming in to shake hands?" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I'll feed the Captain--then I'll be in." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "VB, you're a fool--a silly fool!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Since you won't talk to me, Mr. VB, she said with an embarrassed laugh," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "It isn't that I won't--I _can't_, he stammered." }, { "from": "human", "value": "And please play." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Well, are you ever going to tell me about yourself?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "That man Chopin, and his five-flat prelude--" }, { "from": "human", "value": "I wonder if you like that as well as I do?" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I used to hear it many times, he said slowly," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "he faltered," }, { "from": "human", "value": "I guess I've never realized how much a man has to suffer before he can do a big thing like that. Something about this, --with a gest...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Don't you ever get lonely here?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "No. Why should I?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Well, you've been used to things of a different sort. It seems to be a little rough for a girl--like you." }, { "from": "gpt", "v...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Oh! she cried, bringing her hands together." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "So you've been thinking about me--what sort of a girl I am, have you?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Well, it's nice to have people taking you seriously, anyhow." }, { "f...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Oh, do you understand, Gail? he whispered doubtfully." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Can you--without knowing?" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I think I've understood all along, she said, keeping her voice even at the cost of great effort." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I don't know it all--the detail, I mean. I don't need to. I know you've been fighting, VB, nobly, bravely. I know--" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Oh, Gail, forgive me! he moaned." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Not yet! Great God, Gail, I'm not worthy!" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Don't! she begged." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "You are--you--" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "In the corral, said VB, almost listlessly." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "We'll go out." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Oh, you noble thing! she whispered to him." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "When you die, is all that strength of yours to be wasted? Can't it be given to some one else?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "You've never told me how you broke the Captain. No one...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "It hurts to think about it, he said." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I don't like to remember. That is why I have never told any one. It hurt him and it hurt me." }, { "from": "human", "value": "I've worked and rubbed it and curried it, and nursed the hair...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "The marks on a woman who goes through fire for a man, say; the marks of a--a mother. They hurt, but in the end they make the bond tighter, more holy." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Don't you believe that?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "I wish I knew wha...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I never can get used to these here city ways, he grumbled," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Runaway?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Oh, Bob Thorpe's girl come drivin' her automobile along fit to ram straight through kingdom come, an' don't turn out till s...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "And then it would kill her, too!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "If it's that girl, he declared, shaking his fist at the skies--" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Burned? scoffed VB." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Burned by that stuff? Jed, you don't know what burning is!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "VB, boy, he implored," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Don't, Jed. He spoke weakly, averting his white face and pushing the old man away gently with trembling hands." }, { "from": "human", "value": "You don't understand; you don't understand!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Jed, he said in a voice that was strained but even," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "You might get th' coffee beans," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "You might get th' coffee beans, VB. Sleepy?" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Good deal?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Not better than a couple." }, { "from": "human", "value": "O-ho, I'm better off!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Coming, Captain, coming," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "It's all right, Captain, VB whispered as he threw on the saddle blanket. As he drew the cinch tight he muttered:" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Or else all wrong!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Oh, Captain! he sobbed, drawing the bridled head against his chest." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "You know what it is to fight! You know what it is to yield! But the yielding didn't break you, boy! It couldn't. You were too big, too great to be broken; they could on...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "VB!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "He's gone! he moaned." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "He's gone! It's broke in on him--Oh, VB, I'm afraid it has! No good takes you south at this time, after th' spell you've had!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "He was fightin' harder'n ever, he whispered dryly," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Faster, Captain! he cried." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Faster!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I won't put my mark on her! he cried, and whipped the Captain's flanks with his heavy hat, the thought setting his heart flaming." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I won't! he cried. And again," }, { "from": "human", "value": "I won't!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Go it, boy! he muttered." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "It's all I'll ask of you--just this one run." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Come, boy, he muttered, moving cautiously through the opening into the place." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "You'll be warm in here. You'll cool off slowly." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Oh, I won't be gone long, Captain! he promised." }, { "fr...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "You're all I've got, Captain, he muttered, now in a trembling calm." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "You'll wait. I know that. I know what you will do better than I know anything else in the world--better than I know what--what _I'll_ do! Wait for me, boy--wait right h...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Just a little while, Captain, he whispered, feeling childishly that the horse would hear the words and understand." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Just a little while--I'm just--just going to take a little hand in the card game." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Hello, VB!" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Hello, Tom!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Sit in, VB?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Don't mind." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Jacks or better," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Oh, just one more li'l' drink!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Well, I'll buy a drink." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "What'll it be?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Whisky," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "VB?" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Not now--thanks," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "And ten more," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Ten--and another ten." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I'm staying." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "You are--for five more." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Well, I'm through. Fight it out." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Excuse me," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Sure!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "How about it?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I'm satisfied," }, { "from": "human", "value": "And VB?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Here, too!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Just get in, VB?" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Yes, I rode down to-night." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Goin' on out?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "What?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Goin' on out, or goin' to hang around a while?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "I don't k...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Don't mistake me, he said with a grin." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Don't think I'm talking against any man in the country. It's myself, boys--just _me_. I'm the liar, the hypocrite. I've tried to lie myself into being what I never can be. I've come out here among ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "We've got him! he whispered." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "He won't get away this time. They won't be no mistakes." }, { "from": "human", "value": "S-s-s-s!" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Aw, nobody'll ever know, Rhues scoffed in an undertone...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Come on--you--yellow--" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "You won't stand!" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Don't be a fool! VB!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I'm coming, Captain! he muttered brokenly." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "You're waiting! Oh, I know where to find you. I'm coming, boy, coming!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Oh, Captain! he moaned." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Can't you come and get me? Can't you?" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Oh, you'll laugh, too--Captain! he growled." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "It's a joke--you'll--if I can only get to--you!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Oh, no--I can't quit before--I get to--you, Captain! he muttered as he fell again." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "You're waiting--where I told you to wait! I've got to--get--there!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Just a moment, boy! he whispered." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Only--a moment longer--then you won't have--to wait!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Captain! he called, forcing his voice up from a whisper." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Come--boy, I'm--ready--to go--home!" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Captain, he muttered, closing his eyes almost contentedly and waiting." }, { "from": "gpt"...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Captain ! he moaned." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Oh, boy--I didn't think--_you_ would--fail-- No wonder--I couldn't keep--going--" }, { "from": "human", "value": "I got him, th' ----" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Then let's get out--_pront...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "It is late, he said, flashing his teeth." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I come to ask you to do something for me, Delilah." }, { "from": "human", "value": "What is it--now--so late?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "In the old house across the ro...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "That devil'd tear a man to pieces, Rhues muttered." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Any woman can handle him, though. Git him locked up, an' th' ---- tenderfoot can't make it away! He'll have to stay an' take what's comin'!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Oh, _por Dios_! It is the _señor_ who rode the horse!" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "They left him; they thought he was dead, she went on aloud." }, { "from": "human", "value": "They should know; he should be with them. They were going for him when the sh...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Come, she said comfortingly." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "We will go--to them." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "There they are now! See the light? she whispered." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "It is not much. They have covered the window. Yes." }, { "from": "human", "value": "What?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "No, he said, shaking his head." }, { ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "The Captain!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "It ain't good money!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "You stay here, he whispered sharply." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "If you make a sound, I'll--you'll never forget it!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Keep still!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Why ain't it good?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Well, if that ain't good, they's only six hunderd 'n all!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "That's two hundred apiece, then," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Two hundred we all git, he growled." }, { "from": "human", "value": "You git it, Julio gits it, I git it--an' I'm th' party what done th' work!" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Watc...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Captain! he cried, and started to run." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Captain! You didn't fail! They _brought_ you!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "We've got to get out, boy, VB cried, running his numb hands over the animal's face in caress." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "We're up against it, but there's a way out!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "You didn't quit, Captain! he cried as he felt the cinch hastily." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "You didn't quit. They--that woman! She brought you here!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Julio, saddle th' buckskin! Quick! I'll hold him here till we're ready! Then I'll shoot th' ---- down in his tracks! We got to ride, anyhow--nothin' 'll make no difference now!" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Pray, you ----! Yer goin' to cash!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "We're up against it, boy," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "They'll find him to-morrow--with th' belt!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Dah! When I rolled him over his holster flopped out of his shirt, empty. He dropped it in th' s'loon. If he'd had a gun he'd done fer us 'n there, wouldn't he?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Help him, Julio! Hang on to his ear an' he'll stand. _Pronto!_" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Th' ---- horse! Th' door got me!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Git on yer hosses! Rhues screeched, yanking at the bit." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "He can't git away, with his hoss run down once to-night! An' if we let him--we swing!" }, { "from": "human", "value": "He's goin' home! Rhues cried above the splashing....
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Go, boy, go! whispered VB." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "We'll run their legs off; they'll never get in range!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Captain! he cried, apprehension rising." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Go it, boy; go it!" } ]