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[ { "from": "human", "value": "that it was meant to follow, but in the main, as Ainslee afterward confided to his assistant," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Well, he said as he pretended to suppress a yawn," }, { "from": "human", "value": "That, he went on warming to his subject," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Classy stuff, kid, classy stuff. That one certainly had whiskers on it." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Hey, there, Henderson, yelled the coach," }, { "from": "human", "value": "By George, what a 'whip' that fellow's got. That ball didn't rise three inches on the way to first. And it went into Drake knee high. That youngster will certainly bear watching." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "; the surest way of handling bunts; the quick return of the ball for the third strike before the unsuspecting batter can get" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "and a dozen other features of" }, { "from": "human", "value": "that in a close game might easily turn the scale. Ainslee himself often toed the plate and told Bert to send in the best he had. His arm had attained its full strength, under systematic training, and he was allowed to use his curves, his drop, his rise ball and the swift, straight one that, as Flynn once said," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Send in the next, he taunted, good-naturedly," }, { "from": "human", "value": "I don't think you can outguess me to-day." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "ball. He had thrown it one day to Dick, when, after the regular practice, they were lazily tossing the ball to and fro. It had come in way below where Dick's hands were waiting for it, and the latter was startled. It was a" }, { "from": "human", "value": "he said emphatically. It could not be classed with any of the regulation curves. Bert had kept it under cover until he could get perfect control of it. Now he had got it to the point where he could put it just where he wanted it, and as he looked at the smiling face of the coach he resolved to" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "What was that? he asked." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "How did you do it? Put over another one." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Now, what was it? he asked;" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Why, replied Bert," }, { "from": "human", "value": "Well, said the coach," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "INSIDE" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Well, Tom, I see that you lead off in the batting order," }, { "from": "human", "value": "Yes, said Tom," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Ainslee seems to think that I am a good waiter, as well as a pretty fair sprinter, and I suppose that is the reason he selected me." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Well, laughed Bert," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I don't suppose the poet ever dreamed of that application, but, all the same, it is one of the most important things in the game to lead off with a man who has nerve and sense enough to wait. In the first place, the pitcher is apt to be a little wild at the start and finds it hard to locate the plate. I know it's an awful temptation to swing at a good one, if it is sandwiched in between a couple of wild ones, and, of course, you always stand the chance of being called out on strikes. But at that stage of the game he is more likely to put over four balls than three strikes, and if you do trot down to first, you've got three chances of reaching home. A sacrifice will take you down to second, and then with only one man out and two good batters coming up, a single to the outfield brings you home." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Then, too, you went around the bases in fifteen seconds flat, the other day, said Dick," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Flynn comes second, I see, said Bert, consulting his list," }, { "from": "human", "value": "Yes, said Tom," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Last year the team had a general batting average of .267, chimed in Dick." }, { "from": "human", "value": "If we can match that this year, I guess there'll be no complaint. As a matter of fact, however, I'm a little dubious of doing that, especially with old Pendleton off the team. But if we come short a little there, I am counting on Bert holding down the batters on the other nines enough to make up for it." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "If I get a chance, I'll do my very best, said Bert," }, { "from": "human", "value": "Neither one of them has anything on you, maintained Tom stoutly." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Of course they are, in a certain sense, veterans, and then, too, they have the advantage of having faced before many of the players on the other teams. That counts for a lot, but you must remember that Hinsdale has caught for the last two years, and he knows these things as well as the pitchers. He knows their weak and their strong points, the ones that simply kill a low outcurve, but are as helpless as babies before a high fast one. He could quickly put you on to the batters' weakness. But outside of that you've got them faded. You have more speed than Winters and more endurance than Benson. Neither one of them has a license to beat you at any stage of the pitching game." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Perhaps it's your friendship rather than your judgment that's talking now, Tom," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "No, said Dick," }, { "from": "human", "value": "On the dead quiet, he went on," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I'm rather worried about Winters this year, anyway. I think he's gone back. He's in with a fast bunch, and I fear has been going the pace. His fine work in the box last year made him a star and turned his head. It brought him a lot of popularity, and I'm afraid he isn't the kind that can stand prosperity. He doesn't go at his work in the right spirit this year. You all saw how he shirked the other day when we were training for wind." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Good work, boys, he said pleasantly," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "and with a sheepish glance at his laughing comrades, he started on his lonely run around the course while they stood and watched him. Twice he made the circuit and then rejoined his companions. The coach said nothing more, as he felt that the culprit had been punished enough, but the story was too good to keep, and Winters was" }, { "from": "human", "value": "unmercifully by his mates. The incident deepened the general respect felt for the coach, and confirmed the conviction that it was useless to try to fool him, as he had" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Now, fellows, he said," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I am going to talk to you as though you were human beings, and I want you to bring your feeble intelligence to bear, while I try to get inside your brain pans. They say that Providence watches over drunkards, fools and the Congress of the United States. I hope it also includes this bunch of alleged ball players. If ever any aggregation needed special oversight, this crowd of ping-pong players needs it. Now, you candidates for the old ladies' home, listen to me." }, { "from": "human", "value": "But his word was law, his rule absolute, and, behind his bitter tongue, they realized his passion for excellence, his fierce desire of winning. It was sharp medicine, but it acted like a tonic, and every man left the" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Reddy," }, { "from": "human", "value": "Pretty hot stuff the old man gave you, just now," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Right you are, replied Bert," }, { "from": "human", "value": "Sure, assented Reddy, frankly." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "It almost went the limit. And yet, he went on consolingly," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Now, that's just the difference between dumb and brainy playing and that's what makes Ainslee so hot when he sees a bonehead stunt like that one this afternoon." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I suppose that you saw no end of that inside stuff pulled off while you were in the big league, said Tom." }, { "from": "human", "value": "What do you think is the brightest bit of thinking you ever saw on the ball field?" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "It was a dreary, misty afternoon, and, from the grandstand you could hardly see the fielders. Mike was playing right that day, and the man at the bat sent a screaming liner out in his direction. He saw at a glance that he couldn't possibly get his hands on it, but he turned around and ran with the ball, and, at the last moment, jumped into the air and apparently collared it. He waved his hands as a signal that he had it and made off to the clubhouse. The umpire called the batter out and the game was over. His own teammates hadn't tumbled to the trick, until Mike told them that he hadn't come anywhere near the ball, and that at that very moment it was somewhere out on the playing field. It came out later, and there was some talk of protesting the game, but nothing ever came of it. When it came to quick work, Mike was certainly 'all wool and a yard wide.'" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Another funny thing I seen one time that makes me laugh whenever I think of it, continued Reddy," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "But when you come to 'cutting the corners' and pretending that the ball was caught when it wasn't, that isn't straight goods. It's 'slick,' all right, but it is the slickness of the crooked gambler and the three-card monte man. It's playing with marked cards and loaded dice, and I don't care for any of it in mine." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Right you are, old fellow, said Tom, heartily, clapping him on the back," }, { "from": "human", "value": "process would have been completed, and only those remain on the team who had stood the test satisfactorily. The trip was to take about two weeks, and they were to" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Big Three, their team was rarely taken into camp by any of the smaller colleges. They usually won, occasionally tied, but very seldom lost. Yet, once in a while, their" }, { "from": "human", "value": "" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Big Three formed a triangular league by themselves alone. Each played three games with each of the other two, and the winner of the majority was entitled to claim the championship of the" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Big Three. And it was generally, though not officially, admitted, that the team capable of such a feat was the greatest college baseball team in the whole country. Their games were followed by the papers with the greatest interest and fully reported. The" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Blues, as Bert's college was usually referred to on account of the college colors, had won the pennant the year before from the" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Grays and the" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Maroons," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "No, I didn't; he just beat me to it." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "A man was on second and another on third, when one of their huskiest batters came to the plate. He caught the ball squarely" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "and sent it straight toward third, about two feet over Tom's head. He made a tremendous jump, reached up his gloved hand and the ball stuck there. That of course put out the batter. The man on third, thinking it was a sure hit, was racing to the plate. As Tom came down, he landed right on the bag, thus putting out the runner, who had turned and was desperately trying to get back. In the meantime the man on second, who had taken a big lead, had neared third. As he turned to go back to second, Tom chased him and touched him just before he reached the bag. Three men were out, the game was won, and Tom was generously cheered, even by the enemy, while his comrades went wild. He had made a" }, { "from": "human", "value": "the dream of every player and one of the rarest feats ever" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "than either of the others, but were inclined to let him have a year on the bench before putting him in for the" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "And to think, he said to Tom, one day," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Yes, said Tom," }, { "from": "human", "value": "Yes, chimed in Dick," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Well, he said, while the others in the Pullman car in which they were traveling drew around him, for they always liked to see him get started on his recollections," }, { "from": "human", "value": "Yes, broke in Ainslee," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Gee, said Hinsdale," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "It's a great sport, all right, and I don't wonder it is called the national game. It's splendid exercise for every muscle of the body and every faculty of the brain. Rich or poor, great or small, everybody with a drop of sporting blood in his veins likes it, even if he can't play it. At the Washington grounds a box seat is reserved for the President, and I notice that no matter how heavy the 'cares of state,' he's usually on hand and rooting for the home team. Why, I've heard that when the committee went to notify Lincoln that he was nominated for President, he was out at the ball ground, playing 'one old cat,' and the committee had to wait until he'd had his turn at bat. It may not be true, but it's good enough to be." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "And not only is it our national game, put in Ainslee," }, { "from": "human", "value": "I've heard, said Tom," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Only two or three men in the world have been able to do that, he said," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Ainslee left them at New York to join his team amid a chorus of cheers from the young athletes that he had done so much to form. From now on, it was" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Play ball!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Only give me one good pitcher, he was wont to say," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "He liked to be the 'main squeeze,' and he had been much irritated over the way in which Bert had attracted the coach's attention, and the consequent talk on the campus regarding the" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "He's had too little experience yet, he mused." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "If I should put him in a game, he'd go up like a rocket, most likely. Them green pitchers can't be relied upon, even if he did fool Ainslee," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "The youngsters will have to do some tall hustling if they expect to win from the visitors, one gray-haired man was heard to say," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Yes, of course, agreed his friend," }, { "from": "human", "value": "You're right, it does, acquiesced the other;" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Play ball!" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Well, now if our boys can only get in a little stick work, and keep on holding them down like this, it looks as though they might win, after all." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "You want to be mighty careful what you feed this man, he whispered," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Oh, you can bet he won't get a hit off me, replied Winters, carelessly." }, { "from": "human", "value": "I've got that team eating out of my hand." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Don't be too sure of that, my lad," }, { "from": "human", "value": "One strike!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "How does your arm feel to-day, Wilson? he inquired." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Do you feel as though you could pitch if I happened to need you?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Why, yes, I think I could make out all right. Do you think you will need me?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Well, there's just a chance that I may, replied Reddy," }, { "from": "human", "value": "I'll be ready, sir, I can promise you that," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I can at least count on that young chap doing the best that is in him, at any rate, he thought;" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Go to it, Bill. Eat 'em alive. We've got their goat now." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "You wanted me, didn't you?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Yes, replied Reddy, in a tense voice;" }, { "from": "human", "value": "--motioning toward the substitute catcher--" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "he commanded;" }, { "from": "human", "value": "All right, sir," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "It's all over now but the shouting, fellows. Winters is up higher than a kite, and we've got nobody to put in his place. This game will just be a slaughter from now on." }, { "from": "human", "value": "How about young Wilson? asked his friend." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I heard the other day that he had showed up pretty well in practice. It looks now as though Reddy meant to put him in the box. See, he's warming up over there right now." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Ye gods and little fishes! lamented the other." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Now we are cooked, for fair. It was bad enough with Winters pitching, but now when they put that greenhorn Freshie in, we'll just be a laughing stock, that's all. Why doesn't the band play the funeral march?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Aw, wait and see, said the other." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I don't suppose we've got the ghost of a show, but Dick Trent was telling me of some pretty good stunts this boy Wilson has pulled off before this. He was telling me about a race in which Wilson drove a car across the tape a winner after a dickens of a grilling race. Any fellow that's got nerve enough to drive a racing auto ought to be able to hold his own at baseball or anything else. You just sit tight and don't groan so much, and he may show us something yet." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Forget it, Bill, forget it, returned the other." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "They've got our team running, and they'll keep it running, take my word for it." }, { "from": "human", "value": "That's right, agreed another," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Hey, look at that! yelled the first speaker, excitedly." }, { "from": "human", "value": "There goes Wilson into the box. Three cheers for Wilson, fellows. Now! One! two! three!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Pshaw, he thought," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Just take it easy, kid, he advised." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Don't try to put too much stuff on the ball at first, and pitch as though we were only practising back of the clubhouse. Don't let those blamed rooters get you nervous, either. Take your time before each ball, and we'll pull through all right. Now, just get out there, and show them what you've got." }, { "from": "human", "value": "to try a fancy curve, and so was not prepared for a ball of this kind." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "One str-r-rike! yelled the umpire, and the catcher muttered approvingly to himself. The batter, however, took a fresh grip on his bat, and resolved to" }, { "from": "human", "value": "the next one. Bert delivered a wide out curve, and the batter swung hard, but only touched the ball, for a foul, and had another strike called on him." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Aw, that kid's running in luck, he thought." }, { "from": "human", "value": "But watch me get to him this time." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Three strikes," }, { "from": "human", "value": "By the great horn spoon, he muttered, under his breath," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "What's the matter with you, Al? Has the freshie got you buffaloed?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Aw, nix on that, cap, replied the disgruntled batter." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Wait until you get up there. Either that kid's having a streak of luck or else he's got that ball hypnotized. That last one he pitched just saw my bat coming and dodged under it. I think he's got 'em trained." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Why, you poor simp, laughed the captain;" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "One ball, called the umpire, and the captain of the visitors' team remarked," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I thought he couldn't last. That was just a streak of 'beginner's luck,' that's all." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "pitcher. As he rose to go to the plate he remarked," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Watch me, now, Al, and I'll show you what it is like to swat a ball over the fence." }, { "from": "human", "value": "He resolved to use his" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "ball for all it was worth, and shook his head at all the catcher's signals until the latter signaled for the fadeaway. He then nodded his head, and wound up very deliberately. Then he pitched what looked like a straight, fast ball to the expectant batsman. The latter gripped his bat and put all his strength into what he fondly hoped would be a" }, { "from": "human", "value": "His bat whistled as it cut the air, but in some mysterious way failed to even touch the ball, which landed with a loud" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "in the catcher's mitt. A roar of derisive laughter went up from the rooters, and the captain looked rather foolish." }, { "from": "human", "value": "That's mighty queer, he thought," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Accordingly, he took a fresh bat, and waited with renewed confidence for the next ball. This time he swung more carefully, but with no better result." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Two strikes! barked the umpire, and the frenzied rooters stood up on their seats and yelled themselves hoarse." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Wilson! Wilson! Wilson!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Three strikes!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "What's the matter, cap? he inquired, grinning wickedly." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "That kid hasn't got your goat, has he? Where's that homer over the fence that you were alluding to a few minutes ago?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Aw, shut up! returned the captain, angrily." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "That Freshie's got a delivery that would fool Ty Cobb. There's no luck about that. It's just dandy pitching." }, { "from": "human", "value": "I could have told you that, said the other," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "They've got some spirit and confidence in them now, he thought." }, { "from": "human", "value": "I certainly think I've got a kingpin pitcher at last. But I'd better not count my chickens before they're hatched. He may go all to pieces in the next inning." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "We knew you could do it, old scout! they exulted." }, { "from": "human", "value": "What will old Winters' pals have to say after this?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I guess you'll do, Wilson, he said." }, { "from": "human", "value": "We'll let you pitch this game out, and see what you can do." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "We'll win yet! We'll win yet! We'll win yet! croaked a rooter, too hoarse to yell any longer." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "What's the matter with Wilson? and in one vast roar came the answer," }, { "from": "human", "value": "HE'S ALL RIGHT!" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Bust a hole through the fence, Hinsdale, they roared;" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Hin fairly ran to the plate in his eagerness, and, as he afterward said, he felt as though he" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Don't take it too hard, Wilson. Don't mind if they do hit a ball sometimes. If you try to strike each man out without fail, it makes too great a tax on your arm. Let the fielders work once in a while." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Well, Wilson, it's up to you to hold them down, said Reddy, as the players started for their positions in the beginning of the eighth inning." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Do you feel as though you could do it?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Why, I'll do my best, replied Bert, modestly." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "My arm feels stronger than it did when I started, so I guess I'm good for some time yet, at any rate." }, { "from": "human", "value": "All right, go in and win," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Yah, yah! yelled a visiting rooter." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "It's all over. He's blowing up! Pitcher's got a glass arm! Yah! Yah!" }, { "from": "human", "value": "That's enough to rattle any green pitcher, he thought." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I only hope they don't know what they're talking about, and I don't think they do. Wilson's a game boy, or I'm very much mistaken." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Don't let 'em scare you, Bert, called Dick, from first base." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Let 'em yell their heads off if they want to. Don't mind 'em." }, { "from": "human", "value": "No danger of that, returned Bert, confidently." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Just watch my smoke for a few minutes, that's all." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "What's the matter with you fellows, anyway? What good does it do for Wilson to hold the other team down, if you don't do any stick work to back him up? Get in there now, and see if you can't knock out a few runs. A game is never finished until the last half of the ninth inning, and you've got a good chance yet. Go to it." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "and stepped to the plate. The pitcher may have been a little careless, but at any rate Dick got a ball just where he wanted it, and swung with all his strength. The ball fairly whistled as it left the bat and dashed along the ground just inside the right foul line. Dick sprinted frantically around the bases, and got to third before he was stopped by Tom, who had been waiting for him." }, { "from": "human", "value": "No further, old sock, said Tom, excitedly." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "That was a crackerjack hit, but you could never have got home on it. Gee! if Hodge will only follow this up we've got a chance." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Win your own game, Wilson," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Strike, called the umpire, and the hostile fans yelled delightedly. The next one Bert drove out for what looked like a good hit, but it turned out to be a foul." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Two strikes," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Wilson, you have done some great work to-day, and I want to congratulate you. From now on you are one of the regular team pitchers." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Thank you, sir, replied Bert," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Gee whiz! I'm glad I don't have to do this every day," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I'm jiggered if I see why it should look like that. Even with the fellows' things, it isn't half as full as it was when I came from home, and it didn't cut up like that." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I can't do a blamed thing with it," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Come on in here, fellows, and help me get this apology for a trunk shut." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Red Scout" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Red Scout was sufficient to set all three tongues going at once, as, during the half-hour before they could expect the car, they recalled incidents of that most glorious and exciting summer at the camp, when the" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Red Scout" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Do you remember, said Tom," }, { "from": "human", "value": "And, said Dick," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "That certainly was a close call, said Bert," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "But, Tom broke in," }, { "from": "human", "value": "and in his excitement Tom began forging around the room at great speed, but made a rush for the window at the sound of a familiar" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "There she is, he announced joyfully, and, taking the stairs three steps at a time, and crossing the campus in about as many seconds, they gave three cheers for the old" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Red Scout," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "There is Mr. Hollis' house, the large white one just before us, said the chauffeur, and, so swiftly sped the" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Red Scout" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Pinch me, Bert, I'm dreaming." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Hello, fellows. What's the matter? Hypnotized?" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I'm proud of you, Bert, I'm proud of you! You're a hero." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "How he ever came to think of that leader pipe?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "What he would have done if the blanket had burned through?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Well, Shorty summed up," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Bert sure is a wonder," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "If I had a son like you, Bert, I should be very proud of him to-day." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "You've got to answer one more question before you go to sleep, old man. What charm did you work around that old blanket you came down on from the window so that it would not burn?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Made it soaking wet, bonehead," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Gee! he exclaimed to Tom, ruefully," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "It's tough, all right, and no mistake, sympathized Dick," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Well, he thought to himself," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Battery for the Maroons, Moore and Hupfel! shouted the umpire." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "For the Blues, Winters and Hinsdale!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Well, my boy, he said," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "He certainly does, replied Bert," }, { "from": "human", "value": "Ye couldn't, fer a fact," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "That's good! that's good! yelled Reddy, dancing about on one leg." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "The boys are beginning to get their batting caps on now, and it won't be long before we have a string of runs longer than a Dachshund. Go to it, Blues, go to it!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Two out!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "If only we had young Wilson pitching, he thought to himself," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I would breathe a whole lot easier. However, there's no use crossing a bridge till you come to it, and I may be having all my worriment for nothin'. Somethin' tells me, though, that we're goin' to have trouble before this game is over. May all the Saints grant that I'm wrong." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Wait until about the fourth ball that that fellow pitches, Bert had told him," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Gee, that guy's scared stiff, someone yelled from the bleachers, and the crowd laughed. It certainly did seem as though Tom had lost his nerve, and his teammates, who were not in on the secret yet, looked puzzled. Tom paid no attention to the shouts from the grandstand, and his well-known ability as a" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Gee, Tom! ejaculated the excited and delighted shortstop." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "How in time did you ever think of such a clever trick. You sure fooled that pitcher at his own game." }, { "from": "human", "value": "It wasn't my idea, it was Bert's," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Whoever's it was, it was a crackerjack one, at any rate, said White, jubilantly." }, { "from": "human", "value": "If Flynn can only get a hit now we'll have a run, and it looks as though we would need all that we can get." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Out!" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Hang it all, anyway, he exclaimed disgustedly," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "How do you feel, Winters? he had inquired anxiously," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Aw, don't worry yourself about me, Winters had replied in a surly voice." }, { "from": "human", "value": "I'm all right. I never felt better in my life," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "All right, returned the trainer," }, { "from": "human", "value": "That's all right, growled Winters. Then he suddenly flared up:" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I suppose if that blamed Freshie were in condition you'd have put him in to pitch long ago, wouldn't you?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "That I would, my lad, returned Reddy, in an ominously quiet voice." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Now, go in there and pitch, and don't give me any more back talk that you'll be sorry for afterward." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "We've got 'em going! We've got 'em going!" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "and only one strike was registered. In consequence the batter walked leisurely to first, and as he neared Winters said," }, { "from": "human", "value": "Much obliged, old chap." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Gee, it's all over now, I'm afraid, groaned Bert to himself." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Winters is up in the air sky high, and after their argument Reddy probably will not put Benson in, because he's cold and it would do no good. We'll be baked brown on both sides before this game is finished." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Just the same, he reflected," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Reddy might have gone further, and said that" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "The Blues haven't got a chance for the pennant now, exulted one rooter to his friend." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "They're on the downward road now, and will stay there till the end of the season. You watch and see if they don't." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I wonder how fast a pitcher really can throw a ball, anyway. Of course, there's no possibility of such a thing, but it certainly would be interesting, if we could measure the speed of a pitched ball, and settle the question once and for all." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "That's easy, laughed Bert." }, { "from": "human", "value": "You just stand up there, Dick, and give me a baseball and let me hit you with it. If it kills you, we will know it was going pretty fast, but if it just cripples you, we will be forced to the conclusion that the ball wasn't traveling so very fast, after all." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Yes, that certainly is a brilliant idea, snorted Dick," }, { "from": "human", "value": "Aw, gee, Dick, laughed one of the others," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "But seriously, fellows, said one of the boys, John Bennett by name," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I don't see why we couldn't do something of the kind. I shouldn't think it would be so hopeless, after all." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "You see, it's this way, he explained:" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "My father, as you all know, manufactures guns and rifles of all descriptions. Now, some people with a little more sense in their noodles than you poor boobs, with a sarcastic inflection," }, { "from": "human", "value": "How do they find that out? asked one, unbelievingly," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "You don't mean it, do you? asked Bennett, sarcastically." }, { "from": "human", "value": "I always thought bullets crept along the ground something after the manner of snails, or something equally fast, didn't you fellows?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Go on, go on, they laughed," }, { "from": "human", "value": "Well, it's this way, said Bennett," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Aw, spoke up one of the fellows, popularly known as" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Curley," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Oh, sure, we all understand that perfectly, replied Bennett," }, { "from": "human", "value": "It certainly would be very interesting, old man. I've often wondered just what speed I was capable of, and I don't see why your plan shouldn't be feasible. What do you think, Dick?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I think it would be well worth the try, at all events, replied Dick," }, { "from": "human", "value": "Surest thing you know, responded the latter, heartily." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I know he would be glad to have you come, even if you are a bunch of bums," }, { "from": "human", "value": "All right, we'll consider that settled, then, said Bert." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "You write to him right away, and we'll try our little experiment as soon as possible. Believe me, I'm anxious to try it. I sure would like to know." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "See here, fellows! What did I tell you? I just received this letter from dad, and he says to go as far as we like. He says that he spoke of the matter to the foreman of the testing department, and he thinks our plan is feasible." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Gee, that's fine, exclaimed Tom, who was of the group." }, { "from": "human", "value": "How long did he think it would be before he would be ready?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Oh, pretty near any time that we could get to the factory. Of course, it will take him a few days to rig up the apparatus, but he says he will have it ready by next Saturday, and as that is a holiday for most of us, I think it would be a good time to go. How would that suit you, Bert?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "First rate, replied Bert," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I'll take it as easy as I can this week in the line of pitching, so that I will have full strength for the test. I'll have to establish a record," }, { "from": "human", "value": "I'll tell you what we can do, said Walter Harper, one of the" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "on the team," }, { "from": "human", "value": "Well, laughed Bert," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "That reminds me of a story I heard the other day, spoke up one." }, { "from": "human", "value": "The father of a friend of mine went out to hunt deer last fall. He had fair luck, but everybody was talking about a deer that had been fooling all the hunters for several seasons. It seems that this deer was such an expert dodger, that when anyone started to shoot at him he would run around in circles and thus avoid the bullet. Well, my friend's father thought over the matter for a long time, and finally hit on a plan to outwit the deer. Can you guess how he did it?" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Well, he said," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Gee, said Tom," }, { "from": "human", "value": "I've heard some queer hunting stories, but that one was the limit. Many a man has died for less." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Oh, well, he's more to be pitied than scorned," }, { "from": "human", "value": "It will be no end of fun, I can promise you, said Bennett." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "It's really an education in itself to go through that factory and see the way things are done. You can bet there's no time or effort wasted there. Everything is figured down to the very last word for efficiency, and if all the world were run on the same basis it would be a pretty fine place to live in." }, { "from": "human", "value": "List to the philosopher, fellows, said Bert." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I'm afraid Bennett's studies are going to his head, and he's actually beginning to believe what the profs tell him." }, { "from": "human", "value": "That is indeed a sign of failing mental powers, laughed Tom." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I'm afraid that if we don't do something for our poor friend, he will degenerate until finally he becomes nothing but a 'greasy grind.' After that, of course, he can sink no lower." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Aw, you fellows think you're funny, don't you, grunted Bennett, disgustedly," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Fellows, said Bert, gravely," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "That will just be a good crowd, said Bert." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "We'll leave here on the 9:21 train, and that will take us to W---- at a little after ten. We can look over the factory in the morning, and tell Mr. Bennett how to run it, --with a mischievous glance at Bennett," }, { "from": "human", "value": "Sure, that will be all right," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Byes will be byes, though, he grinned to himself, later on," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "W----!" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Be gorry, yez are a wild bunch of youngsters, said the old conductor to Bert." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "But Oi remember when Oi was a lad Oi was the same way, so Oi fergives yez the delays and worriments yez have caused me this day. Have a good toime, and luck be wid yez." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Thanks, laughed Bert;" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Thank ye kindly, but Oi guess Oi'll have to deny meself the pleasure, me bye," }, { "from": "human", "value": "Gee, said Tom, as he gazed around," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I don't think we'll have much trouble locating the factory, Bennett. It seems to be a rather conspicuous part of the landscape." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "You see, he explained," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "It certainly is some class, John, admitted Bert;" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Sawkins, said Mr. Bennett," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Certainly, acquiesced Sawkins, who was the foreman." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Step right this way, gentlemen." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "It was a pleasure to talk to a bunch of men that understood what was told them." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "See this little toy? he said, picking out a beautifully made gun from a rack on the wall." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "The projectile discharged from this arm will penetrate over forty-five planks, each one seven-eighths of an inch thick. And then, look at this, --holding up an ax-head with three clean holes bored through it--" }, { "from": "human", "value": "No, I guess it wouldn't, said Dick." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I'd prefer to be somewhere else when one of those bullets was wandering around loose." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Oh, it's nothing much, he said." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I just fooled around a little bit, and soon had this planned out. It was easy for me, because when I was a little younger I used to do a little myself in the pitching line on our local team, so I knew about what would be required." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Gee, said Tom, impulsively," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "he added, laughing," }, { "from": "human", "value": "I don't think of a single way that we could improve matters; do you, fellows?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "You are more modest than my son, then, said Mr. Bennett, and there was a twinkle in his eye as he spoke." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Every time John comes here he has a lot of ideas that he is sure will better anything we have here at present. However, I have just been in this line for the last thirty years or so, and so, of course, have lots to learn." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Aw, cut it out, Dad, grumbled the younger Bennett." }, { "from": "human", "value": "As far as I can find out, you've never tried any of the things I've proposed, and so how do you know how good or bad they are?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Well, the only objection to your plans was that they would generally have meant building a new factory to carry them out. Otherwise I have no fault to find with them," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I used to be quite some player myself when I was your age, he told Bert," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Well, boys, he said, at the conclusion of this narrative," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Come ahead, Dick; you catch for me until I warm up, will you? he said, and Dick ran to the requisite distance and donned a catcher's mitt that he had brought along for the purpose. Bert pitched him a few easy balls, and then began to work up a little speed. As he shot them to Dick with ever-increasing pace, Mr. Bennett's face lighted up with interest, and finally he said," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Say, just let me try catching a few, will you, Trent? It's a long time since I've had a catcher's mitt on, but I'd like to take a try at it just for the fun of the thing." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Certainly, responded Dick, promptly, and handed his glove to Mr. Bennett. The latter donned it quickly, and punched it a few resounding blows to" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "" }, { "from": "human", "value": "All right, my boy, he said, when the glove was prepared to his satisfaction." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Shoot 'em over, and don't be afraid to put some speed into 'em. You can't send them too fast to suit me." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Come on, young man, put some whiskers on the ball. That wasn't the best you could do, was it?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Ouch! he exclaimed," }, { "from": "human", "value": "That's one on you, dad, he crowed;" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Fadeaway, you say, grunted his father." }, { "from": "human", "value": "There never was a pitcher yet that could pitch a ball that I couldn't even touch. Give me a sample of this wonderful ball, Wilson." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "All right, sir, said Bert, and grinned. He wound up in the old familiar way that the boys knew so well, and shot over a ball that Mr. Bennett figured was a" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Well, I'll be hanged, muttered Mr. Bennett, gazing stupidly at his glove. He soon recovered himself, however, and handed the glove back to Dick." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "You've certainly got a wonderful ball there, Wilson, he said." }, { "from": "human", "value": "You fooled me very neatly, and I have no excuse to offer. Which showed the fellows that Mr. Bennett was a" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "These wires are so connected, explained Mr. Bennett," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "pointing to a similar contrivance nearer the other end of the testing room," }, { "from": "human", "value": "Why, I guess I can do that," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Good shot!" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Gee, Bert, said Tom," }, { "from": "human", "value": "I don't think I ever saw you pitch a faster ball, even when the team has been in a tight place in the ninth inning. I'd almost swear I saw it smoke as it went through the air." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Well, fast or slow, it was the best I could do, anyway, said Bert," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "You sent that ball at the rate of 114 feet a second, which is equivalent to about eighty-three or eighty-four miles an hour! he exclaimed." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "In other words, you could throw a ball after the Twentieth Century express traveling at its average speed and overtake it. As you probably know, any object traveling at a speed of a mile a minute traverses eighty-eight feet in one second, and it is on this that we have based our calculations." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Say, Bert, that certainly was going some," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I'm going to take a holiday and see the next big game in which you pitch, Wilson. I'm quite anxious to see you in action." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "We'll all be glad to see you, I'm sure, returned Bert," }, { "from": "human", "value": "Much obliged," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Just make believe I don't know a crack pitcher when I see one," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Say, fellows, what have you got on hand for to-day? asked Tom, as he burst into the" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Nothing, said Bert, turning from a not too promising survey of the surrounding country," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Hear, hear! cried Tom from the depths of his chair." }, { "from": "human", "value": "That's fine for a starter, old top. Keep it up and perhaps you can actually persuade us that you amount to something. It's rather a hopeless task, but it wouldn't do any harm to try." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "You're such a bonehead that you don't recognize real worth when you see it, Bert retorted, good-naturedly." }, { "from": "human", "value": "There's another one, he added, pointing to Dick, who was trying to figure out a calculus problem." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "He prefers grinding in calculus to listening to an interesting tale of my trials and tribulations." }, { "from": "human", "value": "It isn't a question of preference, it's a case of dire necessity, Dick sighed, despondently." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "If only I hadn't cut class the other day I would be all right, but as it is I'll have to cram to make up for it. Oh, if I only had the fellow who invented calculus here, I'd---- and in the absence of anything better Dick pulled his own mop of tangled hair and applied himself furiously to the solving of what he called" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Poor old chap, never mind, consoled Tom." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "When I come back to-night with old Pete under my arm I'll tell you just how I caught him." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Do you mean to say that you are going fishing for old Pete to-day?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Sure, Tom replied, placidly." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Didn't we agree that the first clear Saturday we had off we'd take for our fishing trip?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "So we did, but that was so long ago that I'd clean forgotten it. Why didn't you remind us of it sooner, Tom? You would have spared me a lot of useless worry as to how I was going to spend a baseball-less day." }, { "from": "human", "value": "I didn't think of it myself until I came into the room, Tom admitted," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Don't let it worry you, Dick retorted." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Do you suppose that anything in earth could keep me from hunting Old Pete to-day, now that you have brought him so forcibly to my mind? Go on down and get your tackle, Tom. Bert and I will join you in no time." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "But, really, Dick, Tom protested, with mock severity," }, { "from": "human", "value": "Get out before I put you out," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Since you insist, laughed the fugitive through the keyhole," }, { "from": "human", "value": "We'll be there with bells on," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I'll see you to-night, old fellow." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Just think, Bert was saying," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I know, but there's not much chance of that, Tom sighed." }, { "from": "human", "value": "If old Si Perkins couldn't catch him napping, I'm afraid we can't." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Never say die, Tom, Dick said, gaily." }, { "from": "human", "value": "A day like this makes you feel equal to anything." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "So say I, Bert added, heartily." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Say, do you see that mill in front of us? Well, that belongs to Herr Hoffmeyer, and it's one of the classiest little mills I ever saw." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "It sure is working some, but where do they get the power?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Why, there's a dam right back of the mill. You can't see it from here, but when we get a little nearer I'll point it out to you. See, he added, as they neared the mill," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "That sure is fine, said Tom." }, { "from": "human", "value": "I don't know that I have ever had a chance to see a working mill at such close range. Just look how the water rushes through that sluice. I wouldn't like to get in the way." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Nor I, said Dick." }, { "from": "human", "value": "The current must be very strong the other side of the dam." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "You bet your life it is. If anybody should get caught in it, I wouldn't give that, snapping his fingers," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Goot morning, young shentlemens, he said, affably." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Fine morning, fine morning, fine morning," }, { "from": "human", "value": "It is, indeed, sir, Bert said." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "We stopped for a moment to see your mill in operation. It's a very fine mill," }, { "from": "human", "value": "Yah, yah, the big miller assented, cheerfully," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Sure thing, said Tom." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Come on, fellows. It isn't often you get a chance to see a real mill working. Old Pete can wait, I guess," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Well, that was some adventure, Bert exclaimed." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I've always wanted to see the inside of a mill, and now I've realized my heart's desire." }, { "from": "human", "value": "I like Herr Hoffmeyer, too, Tom said," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Yes, but the fellows say that the big pickerel is further down the stream. Come along." }, { "from": "human", "value": "This place looks good to me, said Dick;" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I guess this ought to be about right," }, { "from": "human", "value": "This is what you might call comfort," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Bet your life," }, { "from": "human", "value": "Now, if Pete will only consent to come along and get the hook, like any other respectable, right-minded fish, my contentment would be absolute." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Huh, Tom grunted sarcastically." }, { "from": "human", "value": "He'd be likely to do that, wouldn't he, especially if you keep up this gabfest?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I guess a little polite conversation won't scare that wary old reprobate. I imagine he's heard so much conversation that couldn't be called exactly polite, especially when he calmly detaches the bait from the hook without stopping to leave his card, that he wouldn't mind our talk at all." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Shut up, said Tom, in a low voice," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I've got a bite, and the line's pulling hard." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "That was sure one on you, old man," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Humph, Tom grunted, disgustedly," }, { "from": "human", "value": "he added," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I don't see that you fellows have much to say. You haven't even caught a sunfish." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Not so you could notice it, Dick agreed cheerfully." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "There's plenty of time yet, though, and all things come to him who waits. I'm right on the job, when it comes to waiting." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Say, fellows, did you ever hear the story of the man who went for a sail on a windy day----" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "And a man coming out of the cabin asked him, Tom broke in," }, { "from": "human", "value": "Well, it just struck me, Bert mused," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I suppose it does, in a way, Tom admitted," }, { "from": "human", "value": "Go in and win, my boy, and take my blessing. It doesn't make much difference who does the catching so long as he is caught," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "What's that for? Dick asked." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "We have plenty of bait left, and there's no use in wasting a perfectly good fish." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Wait," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Catch hold, fellows, Tom cried," }, { "from": "human", "value": "Pull, pull! Tom cried, almost crazy with excitement." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "We can't lose him now. Come on! Come on!--now!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Look at him, look at him, fellows! Tom shouted." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Here's old Pete, the biggest pickerel in the world, the wary old codger that has defied every fisherman for miles around, and has even eluded the deadly machinations of Si Perkins. Don't stand there like wooden statues--come here and help me unhook this old reprobate. Why don't you say something?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "For the very good reason, Bert answered, drily," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Our good fortune, Tom repeated, scornfully." }, { "from": "human", "value": "You mean my brains and common sense. Who thought of putting that fish back into the water to fool old Pete, I'd like to know?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "You did, and we are perfectly willing to give you all the credit, said Bert." }, { "from": "human", "value": "The really important thing is that he's caught. I can hardly believe it yet. Isn't he a beauty? he added, enthusiastically." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Look at the length of him, and the thickness---- Say, fellows, I bet we could feed the whole college on him for a month." }, { "from": "human", "value": "I shouldn't wonder, Bert laughed." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I, for one, have never seen his equal, and never expect to again." }, { "from": "human", "value": "What's that? Tom demanded, sharply, as a cry of terror rent the air." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Let's find out." }, { "from": "human", "value": "It sounded further down the stream, near the mill. Come on, fellows. Hurry!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "It will all be over soon, he muttered." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I wouldn't care so much for myself, but the girl," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Bert, Bert, keep up your courage. I'm coming! cried Dick's voice." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I'll be with you in a minute. Just a minute, old fellow." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Here, take this rope, old fellow, he cried," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Bert, dear old Bert, wake up. You're safe. You're safe. Don't you hear me, old fellow?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Hello, fellows, he said, with the ghost of his old smile." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Came pretty near to 'shuffling off this mortal coil,' didn't I? Where is----" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "The girl you so bravely rescued? came a sweet voice behind him." }, { "from": "human", "value": "And who never, never can repay you for what you have done to-day if she lives forever?" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Please don't thank me, he said;" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I'm repaid a thousandfold when I see you standing there safe. It might so easily have been the other way," }, { "from": "human", "value": "Professor Davis," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Yes, it's Mr. Davis, Bert, and he owes you a debt of gratitude he can never cancel. Bert, it was my daughter you rescued from a hideous death to-day, and, dear boy, from this day, you can count on me for anything in the world." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Thank you, Professor; I don't deserve all this----" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Yes, you do, my boy--every bit of it and more, and now, he added, seeing that the strain was telling on Bert," }, { "from": "human", "value": "I think you, Dick, and Tom had better get Bert home as quickly as you can. This daughter of mine insisted on staying until you revived, but I guess she will excuse you, now. I'd ask you to take supper with us to-night, but I know that what you most need is rest. It is only a pleasure deferred, however." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I am very, very grateful," }, { "from": "human", "value": "And I am very, very grateful that I have been given a chance to serve you," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "You fellows deserve more credit than I, a thousand times more," }, { "from": "human", "value": "Huh, said Tom," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Yes, that's all, Bert repeated, softly," }, { "from": "human", "value": "Well, come on, Bert, it's time you got back to college. I guess you're about all in," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Say, you forgot something, Tom said, suddenly." }, { "from": "human", "value": "You forgot all about old Pete." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "So we did, Dick exclaimed;" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Say, fellows, this trestle reminds me of a story I heard a little while ago. If somebody would beg me to real hard, I might be induced to tell it to you." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "The noose of a stout lariat was fastened around his neck, and when everything was ready he was shoved off the bridge. As the strain of his weight came on the rope, however, the knot of the noose became untied, and the Swede fell to the rushing river below. He was not hurt much, and those on the bridge saw him swim to the bank and scramble ashore. There was no way of getting at him, so the lynchers had to satisfy themselves with many and varied oaths. The Irishman, of course, had watched the proceeding in a fascinated manner, and as the cowboys tied the rope around his neck, he said, in an imploring voice, 'For Hivin's sake, byes, tie the rope tight this time, for I can't swim a stroke.'" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "That reminds me of a story I heard once, began Hinsdale." }, { "from": "human", "value": "It was when I was on a visit to my uncle's ranch in Montana, and----" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Where are you, Dick, Tom, and the rest of you? Are you alive yet? Here, you, get off my neck, will you, and give me a chance to breathe." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Thank Heaven for its mercies, said he, fervently, and then," }, { "from": "human", "value": "Well, me lads, get a wiggle on, and we'll see if everybody else has been as lucky as we have. From the looks of things up forward there, it's more than I dare hope." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Here, what are ye standing around for? he snarled." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Git back to our car and get out the axes and fire extinguishers there. You can get at them if you try. Come on; hurry!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "For God's sake, if you can't get me out of here before the fire reaches me, kill me, pleaded the unfortunate prisoner," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "No danger of that, gasped Bert, as he swung a huge timber aside that under ordinary circumstances he would have been unable even to move." }, { "from": "human", "value": "We'll have you out in a jiffy, now." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Come on boys, we've got to move this truck, yelled Reddy." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Here, everybody get hold on this side, and when I say pull, _pull_ for your lives! Now! get hold! Ready?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Yes!" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Pull!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Don't give up! yelled Bert, frantically, as he saw some of the men release their hold and turn away, evidently despairing of accomplishing their object." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Try it again! For God's sake remember you're men, and try again! It's a human life that's at stake!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Keep it up, keep it up!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Nothing I can say will express half the gratitude I feel toward you young men, he said, smiling weakly up into the faces of the boys grouped about him," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "The old college has done me a whole lot of good, all through my life, he said," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Oh, it was nothing much to do, deprecated Bert," }, { "from": "human", "value": "Not a bit of it, insisted the gentleman." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Why, just take a look at your faces. You are all as red as though you had been boiled, and your eyebrows are singed. I declare, anybody looking at us would think that you had had a good deal harder time of it than I had." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Gee, exclaimed Tom," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "They sure do, agreed Dick," }, { "from": "human", "value": "I only wish we had had that crane when we were trying to lift the truck up, said the trainer, who had sauntered up to the group." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "It wouldn't have been any trick at all with that little pocket instrument." }, { "from": "human", "value": "No, laughed Bert." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I think that in the future I will carry one around with me in case of emergencies. You don't know when it might come in handy." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Great head, great head," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "How the dickens are we going to get to the game in time? he inquired." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "The service is all tied up, and it will be hours and hours before we can get there." } ]