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21366 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "We're licked, Mr Dale, sir; but hit, shoot, do anything as they come over the side. Do, dear lad, shoot Frenchy, whatever you do. Now then, let 'em have it, for Old England's sake and sweet home! Here they come!"
}
]
|
21366 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Hurray!"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Give it to 'em,"
}
]
|
21366 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "What, are you on our side, then, old Plum Duff?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Seems like it, Neb, cried the cook."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Here, Mr Dale, sir, load quickly and fire, or they'll come on again."
}
]
|
21366 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Fire!--fire!"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Burnt through, and sinking,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Run to the wheel, Barney, lad. Keep her before the wind."
}
]
|
21366 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Thank God! cried a voice behind me, and I turned to see that it was Mr Frewen, who now ran to the entrance of the saloon, where I saw him grasping Miss Denning's and her brother's hands, and I knew he was saying"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Saved!"
}
]
|
21366 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "It must have been a bad cartridge, or the pistol improperly loaded. It did not pierce the cloth of his cap, and even the skin of the scalp is not broken."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Then it will not be fatal?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Fatal?--no! There may be a little concussion of the brain. You had better carry him into his cabin, my lads, out of the sun."
}
]
|
21366 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I'm not in fit trim for acting as surgeon, Dale, he said."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I'm bubbling over with excitement; my nerves are all on the strain with the struggle I have gone through. But we've won, my lad, thanks to those fellows who came over on our side. Now, Preddle, my good friend, how is it with you? Hah! Only been stunned. A nasty crack on the head though."
}
]
|
21366 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "My fish all right, Dale?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I--I haven't been to look at them this morning,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I forgot. I went myself, he said."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Of course. But I couldn't find the bellows. You haven't taken them, have you?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "No,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "How tiresome! That water wants aerating badly."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Bellers, sir? growled Dumlow, who was looking on;"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I took 'em to make the kittle bile, and didn't have no time to put 'em back 'cause of the boats coming."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Ah, the boats, cried Mr Preddle, excitedly."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Jarette knocked me down."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "And he got knocked down hisself, sir. Reg'lar one for his nob,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Then we won, Dale?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Oh yes, we've won, I cried,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Let me examine your head again,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "What, for that! cried the naturalist."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Oh, it's nothing--makes me feel a little giddy and headachy, that's all. But I think I'll go and sit out of the sun for a bit. Why, we're sailing again."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Yes, I cried;"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Well, sir, said Bob Hampton, a short time later,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I never 'spected to see you get to be skipper dooring this voyage."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Oh, don't talk nonsense, Bob, I cried."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Look--they're coming on again as fast as they can row."
}
]
|
21366 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Yes, there they are, bless 'em! cried Bob."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Well, sir, as skipper o' this here ship, with all the 'sponsibility depending on you, o' course you know what to do."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "No, I don't, Bob, I cried."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "How can a boy like I am know how to manage a full-rigged ship?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Tchah! You've been to sea times enough, and a ship's on'y a yacht growed up. Besides, there's no navigating wanted now as there's no wind."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "But the boats! I cried."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Look at the boats."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Oh, I see 'em, my lad; well, that means fighting, and I never knowed a boy yet as didn't know how to fight."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "We must try to beat them off, Bob,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Nay, not try--do it, sir; and you, being skipper, of course 'll give 'em a startler to show 'em what's waiting for 'em, if they try to board again."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "What do you mean, Bob?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Well, come, I like that, sir, he said, with a laugh;"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Would you do that, Bob?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "No; but you would, sir, being skipper, and wanting to save the ship, what's left o' the cargo, and all aboard."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "But it might sink them."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "And jolly well serve 'em right--a set of piratical sharks. Ahoy, Barney!--you aren't to stop at that there wheel now; the skipper wants you to lend a hand with the gun."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Neb, old lad, cried Bob,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Ay, ay,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "It's all right, Mr Dale, sir, whispered Bob."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "You can't hit 'em with that thing if you try ever so; but it'll splash up the water, and scare the lot on 'em so that old Frenchy 'll have no end of a job to get 'em to come on."
}
]
|
21366 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "But do you think we can trust those men?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Trust 'em, my lad? he replied, with a chuckle."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "You jest may. They knows it would be all over with 'em if once Frenchy got 'em under his thumb again. Don't you be scared about them; they'll fight like gamecocks."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "If we could only get the wind again,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Is there any chance of it, Bob?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Can't say, sir. Maybe we shall get a breeze; maybe we shan't. But never mind; we'll raise a storm for them in the boats, in precious few minutes too. She's charged all right, arn't she, sir?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Oh yes, said Mr Preddle."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I rammed the cartridge well home, and primed the touch-hole with powder."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Then I should not wait long, said Mr Frewen, anxiously."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "It will perhaps make the scoundrels keep off."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "No, no, I said;"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Mr Frewen, you take the lead."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I am only the doctor,"
}
]
|
21366 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Now, Bob. Time!"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Ay, ay, sir, he shouted, going down on one knee to point the little gun."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Sarvice!"
}
]
|
21366 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Cap'en o' the gun says--Stand well from behind; keep alongside, 'cause she kicks. One moment. I can't get no better aim. Now, sir, ready!"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Fire!"
}
]
|
21366 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Saved once more,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Yes, sir, and them too. But beg pardon, sir, growled Bob Hampton;"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I mean you, sir,--Mr Preddle, sir,--are you sure as you loaded the gun?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Yes, quite. With one of these cartridges,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "That's right, sir; but did you ram it home?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Yes, hard."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Yes, sir; seems right. Perhaps the powder's old and damp."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "No; I think it was perfectly dry."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Humph!"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Beg pardon, sir, he cried;"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Like this,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Sure you did it like that, sir?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Yes; certain."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Then no wonder it didn't go off. Why, that's the way to sarve one o' them breeches-loaders. You don't put a cartridge ball first into the muzzle of a gun."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Why, no! cried Mr Preddle, colouring like a girl."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "How stupid!"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "And we shall have a job to unload her,"
}
]
|
21366 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Everyone is very kind, he said sadly;"
}
]
|
21366 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Well, Dale, he said,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "They will, I said decisively, as I closed my glass and tucked it under my arm."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "We've got nothing to do but wait; they've got to row miles in this hot sun, and then they have to fight afterwards. They can't help having the worst of it."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Yes; they have the worst of it,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "And it strikes me they'd be very glad to--Hurray! here's the wind again."
}
]
|
21366 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Well, mutineer, I said;"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Oh, I do call that unkind, Mr Dale, sir, and it isn't true. Didn't I show you as soon as I could that I wasn't one of that sort?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Well, yes, you sneaked back when you thought your side was going to be beaten."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Plain Irish stoo to-day, sir, made out of Noo Zealand mutton, for I found the onions. There's plenty of 'em. You don't mean what you said, sir. Just you have a pistol stuck in one of your ears, and be told that you're not to be a cook and a slave any more, but to join the adventurers who are going to live in a beautiful island of their own, where it's always fine weather, and if you don't you're to be shot. Why, of course I joined 'em, same as lots more did. Any fellow would rather live in a beautiful island than have his brains blown out."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I don't know about that, I said shortly."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I wouldn't on Jarette's terms."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "No, sir, you wouldn't, said the cook;"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Smell that, sir? There's nothing on Jarette's island as'll come up to that. But, between ourselves, I don't believe he knows of any island at all such as he talked about to the men, till he'd gammoned them or bullied them over. Hah! he continued, tasting his cookery;"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Terribly."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Sarve him right. Wonderful island indeed! This galley's good enough island for me. You didn't mean that, Mr Dale, sir. I got out of the scrape as soon as I could, and so did those other three lads as come aboard with me; and we'll all fight jolly hard to keep from getting into it again. I believe that some of the others would drop the game, and be glad to get back on board, if they weren't afraid of Frenchy, as we call him. That man's mad as a hatter, sir."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "That's a true word, cookie, growled Bob Hampton."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "You smell good, mate, but I wish you'd keep your door shut. It makes me feel mut'nous, and as if I wanted to turn pirate and 'tack the galley."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Wind going to hold good, Bob?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Arn't seen the clerk o' the weather this mornin', sir, so can't say."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Jarette's mad--Jarette's mad,"
}
]
|
21366 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I shall get some of them across after all,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I hope so,"
}
]
|
21366 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "If the wind would only keep on!"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Or if Mr Preddle would only use those bellows of his on the sails,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Why, you're ever so much better, I said quickly,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Yes, he said with a sigh,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I feel better. Mr Frewen's doing me good, or else it's this lovely soft, warm air."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Oh, we shall have him running ashore in New Zealand like a stag, Miss Denning,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Don't go yet,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I must, I cried."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I want to stop, but Mr Brymer uses me now as his tongue and fists. I have to give all his orders to the men."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Oh, there you are, Dale, he cried."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Go in and talk to that poor wretch for a few minutes. You must try and cheer him up, or he'll die, as sure as I'm here."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Oh, I say, don't tell me that, I cried."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I don't like him, and I think he behaved horridly, but I don't want him to die."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Come and sit down a minute, Dale,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Want some water?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "No, he said sadly;"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I want nothing now, only for you to promise me something."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "What is it?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I can't write, but I want you to promise me when you get home to go to my father and mother, and of course they'll know everything from the papers; but I want you, my messmate, to tell them I was not quite such a wretch as I seem to have been."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Oh, never mind about that now, I said."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Get well, and go and tell them yourself."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "No, he said calmly;"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I shall not get well. I could see it in Mr Frewen's eyes. I'm very glad now. If I got well, of course I should have to be tried and punished, and be a convict. I should deserve it, but the judge and lawyers would be very hard, and I don't want them to try me."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Oh, come, Walters, old chap, I cried in a choking voice,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Yes, he said, quite cheerfully, but almost in a whisper,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I must take it like that now. Old Jarette aimed too well."
}
]
|
21366 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Yes, he said at last,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Jarette aimed too straight, Dale, old fellow, it has all been a mistake. I was a weak, conceited fool, and thought every one was against me, when it was all my fault. I know it now. Any fellow can make himself liked if he only tries--no, without trying, if he'll only go straight and act like a man. But somehow I couldn't. I got jealous of you, and wild because people made so much of you. And I said you hated me, and did all you could to make things worse, but it wasn't true, Dale, old fellow. It was all my fault."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Yes, yes; but that's all over, old chap, I said huskily."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "You'll get well, and do your bit of punishment, and make a fresh start."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Yes, I shall make a fresh start--somewhere else."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Walters!"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Yes, somewhere else, he repeated."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "It was all wrong; and just when I was at my worst, that wretch, who had been watching me and reading it all, came to me, and, as if he were some evil spirit, kept on day after day, laughing and jeering at me, till he regularly worked round me like the snake he is, and flattered, and planned, and talked of the future, till in my weak, vain folly I drank it all in. For I was weak, and he was strong; and at last, though I didn't know it then, I was his slave, Dale, and ready to do every bit of villainy he wished. But there, I need not tell you any more. I only want you, knowing all you do, to go to my poor old father and mother and tell them everything--how it all happened. It will be better than for them only to know it from the papers. They will understand then how it was I went wrong so quickly, right to the bitter end."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "No, I cried;"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Oh no. I'm glad Jarette aimed so straight, Dale. It was the kindest thing he could do. It's all over now. Can't you see it's best?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "No, I said more firmly."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "It would be best for you to get well, and prove in the future as a man, that you have repented your weakness as a boy."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Yes, perhaps, he said, after a long pause;"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Don't leave me, Dale, he whispered."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "You'll promise all this, won't you?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "If it is necessary, I said;"
}
]
|
21366 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Better stay,"
}
]
|
21366 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "You must be terribly faint, my lad. You have had nothing,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Yes, I have, I replied."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Bob Hampton brought me a biscuit and some soup, and Miss Denning brought me some tea just now."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Heaven bless her! he muttered. Then in a quick whisper--"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "We shall have to call you up presently, my lad."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Why?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "The enemy are closing in. They'll make a desperate fight of it this time, and every help we can muster is necessary. Eh! Want me?"
}
]
|
21366 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Don't forget, Dale, he whispered."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Now I want Miss Denning."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Walters wants to see you, Miss Denning,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Yes, he said, holding out his hands."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Thank you. But you tell them-- how sorry--they will listen--to you.--Now--`Our Father'--"
}
]
|
21366 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Don't--don't fire, one of the men yelled."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "We give in."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Yes, yes; give in,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "The beggars surrender, sir, cried Bob Hampton, who was on his knees re-charging the cannon."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "But get that there poker ready again, Neb. We'll hit 'em next time if they don't."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Ahoy! cried Mr Brymer, through a speaking-trumpet."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "One boat come forward; but if there is any treachery, we'll show no mercy to any one there."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Treachery? shouted a man pitifully, as the first boat was slowly rowed in."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "We're all spent, sir. There arn't a drop o' water. Give us all a drink first, and then shoot us if you like."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Where's Jarette?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Here, in the bottom, sir, tied neck and heels. He went stark mad last night, and bit and fought till we had to tie him down under the thwarts."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Water--water!--for heaven's sake, water!"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Is it real or a trick?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Real enough, said Mr Frewen."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "The men are suffering horribly, and-- oh! look! There's no subterfuge there,--that man--Jarette. He is dead!"
}
]
|
21366 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "It were an accident, and of course it was well insured. But I want to know, my lad, what they're a-goin' to do with our crew. My word, they are a-shivering in their shirts, eh, Barney?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "They just are. It'd be a charity to wring 'em out to dry."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Arter taking on 'em off, and givin' on 'em four dozen a-piece on the bare back, and say no more about it, growled Neb Dumlow,"
}
]
|
21366 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "He was sorely tempted, and he fell."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "And,--_De mortuis_--you know the rest of the quotation, Dale, said Mr Frewen,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Not as I hold much with having ladies on board, my lad, the old fellow once said."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "They're okkard an' in the way, unless they're the same kind as Miss Denning--I mean Mrs Frewen, bless her heart!--for it was like havin' of a hangel with us. But I say, Mr Dale, sir, he added with a chuckle;"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "You did, lad,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "That's so,"
}
]
|
590683 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Portsmouth hut"
}
]
|
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "Ah! said Lister."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "The Irrigation people have no use for us?"
}
]
|
41410 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "DICK HAMILTON'S FORTUNE,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "DICK HAMILTON'S CADET DAYS,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "DICK HAMILTON'S STEAM YACHT,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "FROM OFFICE BOY TO REPORTER,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "LARRY DEXTER'S GREAT SEARCH,"
}
]
|
41410 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "GRAB HIM! DON'T LET HIM GET PAST YOU!"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Dick Hamilton Series,"
}
]
|
41410 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "LINE UP!"
}
]
|
41410 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Well, if those fellows haven't got nerve!"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I should say so! Why it's a direct insult!"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "We ought to challenge 'em to a sham battle. I know we could put it all over 'em at that game, if we can't at football; eh, fellows?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Sure thing!"
}
]
|
41410 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Say, Beeby, spoke Paul Drew,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Fun! This is serious enough, replied the stout youth,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Frank Anderson, manager of the Blue Hill Academy eleven, takes pains to be very explicit. Listen."
}
]
|
41410 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "FRANK ANDERSON, Manager."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Well, wouldn't that put a crimp in your bayonet?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "They'll condescend to let their second team come over and beat us! exclaimed Ray Dutton sarcastically."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Bur-r-r-r-r!"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Oh, say, this makes me mad!"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Don't! Wait a minute! begged Paul Drew."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Let's talk this over a bit, first. Something's got to be done about it. We can't let this insult pass. I wish Dick Hamilton was here."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Where is he?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "He went to town to send a message home, I guess. He'll soon be back."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Let's go to the Sacred Pig, and talk this over,"
}
]
|
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "Yes, let's plan some scheme to get even with those Blue Hill snobs, added Paul."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Say Toots, he went on to one of the janitors about the academy,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I sure will, Mr. Drew,"
}
]
|
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "If Anderson wanted to turn us down why didn't he simply say that all their dates were filled?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Well, if the truth _had_ to be told I suppose it might as well come out first as last,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "The truth!"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Yes! Kentfield hasn't a good team, and we all know it. It's no one's fault in particular, went on Paul,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Even if it isn't particularly harmonious, commented Innis bitterly, as he walked up the steps of the handsome society house."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Well, let's see what we can do."
}
]
|
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "You can't beat this for nerve!"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I say, let's get up a good team, and force 'em to play us,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "How are you going to force 'em?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Why, play such fast and snappy games that they can't refuse us--get in the champion class--_make_ 'em recognize us."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Oh, it's easy enough to talk, murmured Innis,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "What's the matter with the football team? demanded a new voice, and a tall, good-looking cadet, bronzed almost to a copper color, came in."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Are we going to have practice to-day?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Hello, Dick!"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Glad you came in, Hamilton."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "You're just in time to hear the news."
}
]
|
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "Read that!"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Um! was his only comment for a moment. Then he said:"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Well, he didn't soften it any. But how about it; isn't it almost true?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "That's what I say,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "We haven't a very good team, that's a fact,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Oh, bosh! You fellows make me tired, declared Innis."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "You are almost as bad as Anderson."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Well, we ought to perk up."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Oh pshaw! We can play all right."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "All we need is practice."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "And a little harder work against the scrub."
}
]
|
41410 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Well, what do think about it, Dick?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "About what?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Well, for the love of mustard! Have you been dreaming while all this racket was going on? And you read that letter, too! I say, Dick, what's up?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Oh, yes, I remember now. I was thinking of something else, and Dick recovered himself with an effort, seeming to bring his thoughts back from some distant point."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "The football team."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Of course, the eleven--or, rather, the woeful lack of one. What's to be done, Dick? I rather thought you might have a scheme, when you heard the news."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "A plan--yes--I might--by Jove, fellows, I believe I have a plan! he exclaimed suddenly."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "It ought to work, too. We've got to have the best team on the gridiron in the Military League, and just now I thought of something that will bring it about."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Then in the name of the two-horned rhinoceros speak it quickly! begged Innis."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Say something so I can get back at this dub Anderson. I'll write him a hot one!"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Oh, it will take a little while to put it through, went on the young millionaire,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Beg pardon, the page said,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I've got to go out for a while, he said to his chums."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I'll be back as soon as possible. This is important."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "But your football plan,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I'll tell it when I come back,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "The rumor is true then, mused Dick, as he hurried out of the chapter house, and started toward the telegraph office."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I rather hoped it would prove to be _only_ a rumor, but if dad has heard it also, there must be something in it. Now I wonder if I can get hold of any more news, so I can wire him? Let's see, what is it he says."
}
]
|
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "Have heard rumor you speak of, the father's message read,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "If they do that it will be a hard blow for dad,"
}
]
|
41410 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "And now I must see if I can get any further information, mused the lad."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "It will hardly be safe to ask Porter directly. I wonder if I could pump him through Jake Weston, his crony? I'll try it, after I wire dad that I'm on the job."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Dick Hamilton's Fortune,"
}
]
|
41410 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Dick Hamilton's Cadet Days,"
}
]
|
41410 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Toots,"
}
]
|
41410 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Dick Hamilton's Steam Yacht,"
}
]
|
41410 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I hope my football scheme works, he said."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "But I can't think about that now. I must help out dad. It's too bad, after all the work he put in on getting that trolley line in shape, to be threatened with the loss of it. I must do all I can to stop it. I'll just wire him that I'll be on the lookout, and then I'll see what I can pick up from Porter or Weston."
}
]
|
41410 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "pool club in town, where many of the more"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Hello, Hamilton! greeted Porter."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Have a cue. I'm tired of playing Weston. He's too easy."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I'll try again,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "My dad is great on business, and deals, chuckled Porter as he made a good shot, and finished up with a run of six."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "He's got a deal on now that will put a few crimps in a couple of people that think themselves some pumpkins."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Yes?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Sure. That trolley deal I mentioned. But I forgot, I'm not supposed to talk about it. Only there's some gazabo of a millionaire, down east or somewhere, that will get the gaff all right. Say, I hear your dad is pretty well up in business, Ham?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Yes, he has a number of interests, spoke Dick, as he chalked his cue for a billiard game. He was hoping it would not develope that he was the son of the"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Well, my dad is the limit, went on Porter."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "When this trolley deal goes through, as it will, he'll be several millions better off. It's war to the knife, so he told me. I don't know who he's fighting, but it's some one."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "It sure is war, he reflected as he made ready to shoot."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I must learn all I can about the plans of Porter's father, and the men who are in with him. Then I can help dad. And then--there's the football trouble. Well, Dick Hamilton, and he paused for a serious moment before making a nice shot that required plenty of"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "English on it,"
}
]
|
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "I'll run you back in my car, offered Porter."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "We can stop at Martin's on the way in, and have a jolly little supper. What do you say, Ham?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Ham"
}
]
|
41410 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "No, thank you. I have some business to attend to, and I don't want to keep you. Go on back to Kentfield, and I'll take a taxicab when I've finished with my matters."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Oh, I suppose you follow in the footsteps of the governor, and are in business too,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Well, I help my father whenever I can, answered Dick, as the blood surged up under his coat of tan."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Sorry I couldn't beat you, Mr. Porter. I hope to have better luck next time."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "You want to bring along all the luck you have, Hamilton, declared the rich lad, as he put on his coat, while Dick settled for the games, which he had almost purposely lost in order that he might have a better excuse for talking to Porter."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I'm a pretty good shot,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "So I see,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Then you won't motor back with us?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "No, I've got several matters to attend to,"
}
]
|
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "What a cad that Porter fellow is, with his billiard shots, and his cigarettes! I could have beaten him easily, if I'd wanted to, but if I had he might have turned sulky, and wouldn't have talked so much. As it is I've gotten some good information out of him."
}
]
|
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "Poor Beeby! He felt it a heap. It was like the time when we were marooned on that island, and he managed to snap-shot a lot of birds, and came in to tell us about them. We thought he meant he had killed them for dinner. Oh, that was a time all right!"
}
]
|
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "I guess the man will think I'm running a regular brokerage business,"
}
]
|
41410 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "There, I guess that will make dad get busy, said the lad."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Now I'll wait for further instructions, and devote a little time to planning out what I want to do for the football team. We've got to be champions of the league or I'll know the reason why. What's the good of money if it can't get you what you want?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Where to now, sir? asked the taxi-driver, as Dick got in the machine again."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Like to go around town for a while? Most of the cadets do when they get out."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Back to the college,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Hum, he must be one of those tight-wads, thought the driver, as he threw in his gears and started off."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I like a fellow that spends money."
}
]
|
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "Look out! Stop! cried Dick, involuntarily jumping up."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "You'll run him down!"
}
]
|
41410 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I hope you're not hurt! the lad exclaimed, as he helped the aged man to arise."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I'm very sorry it happened. I guess you held your umbrella so low that you couldn't see us coming."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Ha! Hum! So that's what you think, eh? demanded the man in a rasping voice, as he fairly grabbed the broken umbrella from Dick's hand."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Here I be, walking peaceably along the street, trying to protect myself from the rain, when you reckless military students come along in one of those fire-snorting new-fangled automobiles, and run me down. It was all your fault, and if I could see a policeman I'd have you both locked up! How many of those tin soldiers from the military academy have you in there anyhow? Cadets! Humph! Much better be at some honest business instead of learning to kill folks! Are there any more of you? If there are, come out, and I'll give you a piece of my mind! Learning murder as a fine art! How many in there?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I'm the only one,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Hum! Too mean to let some one else ride with you, I reckon. Well, it was all your fault, and you'll have to settle with me. Duncaster is my name, Enos Duncaster, and I don't intend to be imposed upon."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "It was your fault, you old hayseeder! cried the taxicab man with a nervous voice, for he had been mortally afraid of a fatal accident."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "What do you want to run under a machine that way for? Hey? Why can't you look where you're going?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Young man! exclaimed Mr. Duncaster in a calm voice,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "What for?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Oh, in case I find I have worse injuries than a broken umbrella, replied the elderly man with a half-smile."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I may want to bring suit against the company in which I hold stock."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Well, my name is Martin, replied the driver,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "James Martin. I certainly didn't mean to run you down, Mr. Duncaster. But the rain was in my eyes, and----"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "That will do, said the man with an air of authority."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Now who are you--my young soldier lad? I don't believe in this war business, but the country seems to be going crazy over it, so I might as well keep still. Who are you?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Hamilton--Dick Hamilton is my name."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Hum--Hamilton--no relation to Mortimer Hamilton; are you?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "He is my father."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "What."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I say he is my father."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Why that's odd--I'm--no, never mind--so you're Mortimer Hamilton's son; eh? I heard he had one, and that he was going to some sort of military school. I'm sorry to see it. And so you're the one who ran me down? And you haven't a crowd of roistering students with you?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "No, I'm all alone. I've been attending to some business for my father."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Hum! Business, yes. That's about all Mortimer Hamilton does. Well, you may go. I know where to find both of you in case I want you."
}
]
|
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "We got out of that lucky, commented the taxi-driver, as Dick re-entered the vehicle."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I sure thought he would fire me. Who'd think old man Duncaster would be up here?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Is he really a wealthy man?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "You bet he is. He lives away down in the country somewhere, and all he does is to cut off the interest coupons from his bonds. He's a millionaire, but you'd never think it to look at him. The idea of walking, when he could hire a machine and ride. But he's close--awful close."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I hope he doesn't make trouble, commented our hero."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "If he does, let me know. In spite of who he is I think it was his own fault that we hit him."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Sure it was,"
}
]
|
41410 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Well, you're a fine fellow to run off and desert us the way you did! cried Innis Beeby, as he clapped Dick on the shoulder."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "What's your great scheme about a football team? The fellows are half wild trying to guess. Couldn't you explain before you hiked away?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "No, didn't have time."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Then tell me now."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "No, I'd like all the fellows to be together when they hear it and then they won't get it twisted. I'll meet you all here after grub, and tell you what I think of doing."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "All right; it's a go."
}
]
|
41410 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Boys, he began,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Hurray for the team! cried Paul Drew."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Long may she wave, o'er the land----"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Order in the ranks!"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Our team needs strengthening, went on Dick."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "There is no use ignoring the facts before us. We never have had a first class team--that is, to judge by the records of the past. We have not a good team now, and I'm as bad as the worst member, so I'm not shielding myself. That being the case, what's to be done?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Get a new team!"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Revamp the old one,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "That's my idea exactly, went on Dick."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "We must use the material we have, but with this restriction--there must be a fair field and no favors. The best men must be picked on the team."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Sure!"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "But who's going to do the picking?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "That's what I'm coming to, went on Dick."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I was going to tell you my plan, when I had to leave this afternoon."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Tell it now!"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "This is it! replied the young millionaire."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "You know what good coaching can do for a team. I think that's what we need, and it is casting no reflection on the present coaches, for we all know they can devote only a little time to the work. Now what I propose is this: We can get two of the best coaches in the country--say one from Yale and one from Princeton. They can come here, and in a few weeks I'm sure they can whip our team into shape. We have the material--all it needs is to be developed."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "That's right--but how can we afford to pay for a Yale and a Princeton coach?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I'll attend to that end, replied Dick calmly."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "This is my treat. I want Kentfield to have the best eleven in the league, and if coaching can do it we'll have it. Then we can win some games. I'll pay for the coaches, and we'll see what they can do. That was my football scheme. What do you think of it, fellows?"
}
]
|
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "Dick; you're a trump!--a brick!--an ice-cream brick on a hot day!--you're all to the mustard!--a----"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Cut it out! cried our hero,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I should say it was!"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "But look at what it's going to cost, objected George Hall."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Those Yale and Princeton coaches are high-fliers--that is, if you can get them to come--and then besides their salary, we'll have to board 'em. Though I s'pose we could put 'em up at the Pig, provided they won't scrap all the while over different training plans."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Oh, I fancy that part will be all right,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "But do you think you can get any Yale or Princeton coaches to come here--to Kentfield--with her poor, old, broken-down team--that is according to Anderson,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Well, of course we'll have to take a chance on that, replied Dick."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "If we can't get men from those two colleges we can try some others. But dad is an old Princeton grad. and I have sort of a distant forty-second cousin who was once a star half-back at Yale. I might get them to put in a good word for us."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Hurray! cried Innis in the excitement and exuberance of the moment."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "That's the stuff! Now we'll wipe up the ground with those Blue Hill snobs! Whoop-la!"
}
]
|
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "I say, who did that?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I did, old chap! confessed Innis contritely."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "You see I felt so good I wanted to start something. I beg your pardon."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Granted. But you certainly started something all right, remarked John grimly."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "There goes Drew's nose bleeding. You sure started something all right."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Oh, I don't mind, responded Dick's roommate, as he went to a toilet room to staunch the flow of blood."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "If we get a good team and play some stiff games I'll probably have worse than this before the season is over."
}
]
|
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "What's the use of having a fortune if you don't spend it? he asked with a smile."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Though I suppose if my Uncle Ezra hears about my latest scheme he'll try again to kidnap me, to stop me from carrying it out. But he isn't here, is he Grit, old boy?"
}
]
|
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "Then it's all settled, remarked Dick, when Paul and Innis had come back to the general room."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I'll get busy writing some letters, and we'll see what we can do. It's lucky the season hasn't started yet, for we have plenty of time to get into shape."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Yes, and we'll not only do up Blue Hill good and brown, but we'll put it all over Mooretown and some of the other teams in the Military League, declared Innis."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "But you fellows must get at practice, and try and harden yourselves. I wish Bert Cameron was here--I don't know how he's going to take to this new coaching idea."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Oh, Bert won't mind, declared Jim Watkins."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "He'll be only too glad to be relieved of the coaching, for I heard him say he was trying for an extra exam. in maths, and he needs all the time he can get."
}
]
|
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "Go ahead, grand idea, he declared and his enthusiasm was not forced."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I know I haven't been keeping you fellows up to the mark, and I'll be glad to see some one here who can. Besides, I need all the time I can get to bone away at my maths."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Then I'll go ahead, declared the young millionaire."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I'll have the new coaches here in a week if I can get them, and I'll meet any financial demand they make."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "That's the way to talk!"
}
]
|
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "I wonder who that Mr. Duncaster is that we so nearly ran over? mused Dick."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "He must know dad. He's a queer sort of a character, I guess."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Well, I'll see if I can get any more information from Porter about the deal his father is in, said Dick to himself, as he turned over to compose himself for sleep."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "There must be more than one man in the game, and it's up to me to find out who the others are, so dad can be on his guard. I hope he doesn't lose control of the trolley, for a lot of small investors have put all their money in it, and if other interested men get hold of it the investors might lose all they have. I guess that's why dad is so worried. I'll cultivate the acquaintance of Porter and Weston, though I don't care much for them."
}
]
|
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "Line up there, you scrubs! called Paul Drew."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "This is where we walk all over you. Here, Dick, catch this!"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Wow! Rotten! he cried."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "That wouldn't do in a game."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "That's right, agreed Innis."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "But you're no worse than the rest. Look at Watkins miss that drop kick he tried to make."
}
]
|
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "Line up, fellows! called Teddy Naylor, the Varsity captain."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "We'll see what we can do."
}
]
|
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "I think we'll surprise 'em to-day,"
}
]
|
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "Grab him! Don't let him get past you!"
}
]
|
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "Not so bad! Line up!"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Get ready, fellows!"
}
]
|
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "Brace, fellows! Brace!"
}
]
|
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "It's been some time since we did that,"
}
]
|
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "Wow! cried Beeby capering about."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "That's the stuff. Now if that was against Blue Hill I'd stand on my head!"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Impossible, old chap--I mean impossible to stand on your head--you're not balanced right, panted Dick, for the last few minutes of play had been strenuous."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "But it was good work all the same."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "You can't repeat it,"
}
]
|
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "Good!"
}
]
|
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "I've got you!"
}
]
|
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "Get up, fellows, Hamilton's hurt!"
}
]
|
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "That was a nasty blow."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Yes. Who did it?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Shall we send for the doctor?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I'm--I'm all right, protested Dick feebly, as he opened his eyes. He came back to earth with a shock, and the boatlike motion suddenly ceased."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I--I----"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Are you sure you're all right?"
}
]
|
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "That was my fault, contritely confessed Hal Foster, of the scrub."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I was trying to stop you from making that tackle, when my feet slipped from under me, and shot right at your head, Hamilton. I hope you're not much hurt. I'm awfully sorry."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "It's all right--don't mention it old chap. It was no one's fault. I shouldn't have jumped in so quickly. I'm all right again. Come on, we'll finish the game."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "No, the time's about up, announced Teddy."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "We've had enough for to-day. And it's been better practice than we've had in a long while. I guess we're all anxious to get on Hamilton's team."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Hamilton's team? asked Sam Porter, in a curious tone."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Since when has it been _his_ eleven?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Oh, I forgot you hadn't heard the news, went on Teddy."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Why Dick is going to pay for two of the best coaches in the country, and we're going to have a team as _is_ a team. That's why we all played so well to-day, I guess--even the scrub."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Thanks! exclaimed Tom Coleton."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "We'll do you up good and proper to-morrow just the same."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Not with Dick Hamilton's team,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "It isn't going to be my team at all, declared Dick, as he supported himself on Paul's shoulder and walked along, after his head had again been bathed in the cold water."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I don't want it known as that. I'm only doing what any fellow would do--putting up some cash to help out. It isn't my team at all."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I should say not! sneered Porter."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Hamilton's team--that sounds like playing favorites all right."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Yes, if it keeps on this will be known as the Kentfield-Hamilton Military Academy,"
}
]
|
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "You'll have to take that back Mr. Porter, said our hero a bit stiffly,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Take what back?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "What you said about favorites, went on Dick."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I won't stand for that."
}
]
|
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "Oh, well, I didn't mean anything, said Porter, half sulkily."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I--I was only joking."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I don't like such jokes,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Same here, muttered Porter's crony."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I was only fooling."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Your apologies are accepted,"
}
]
|
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "I'll be all right in the morning, he said."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "All I need is a little rest. We're getting right into football good and proper,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Yes, starting off with a hospital list, added Teddy."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Don't have too much of it, though."
}
]
|
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "Oh, it's all right, Teddy assured his players."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "We will make up for it to-morrow. By the way, Dick, when are your coaches coming?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I've written, and I expect an answer some time this week. It may take a little longer than I hoped, but I told them not to let money stand in the way. I have made an offer to Burke Martin of Yale, and Wilson Spencer of Princeton."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Martin and Spencer! cried Teddy in delight."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Say, if we get them here they'll make even the goal posts play the game. There aren't any two better coaches living."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "It pays to get the best, said Dick, with a smile."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I have had my father send a line to the athletic committee of the Tigers, and I told him to write to our distant relative who once went to Yale, and get him to put in a good word for us."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Fine! cried the captain."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I fancy they'll make the team all over again when they get here. I may lose my place."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Nonsense! declared Dick."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "But the way I feel about it is this--we want the best men to represent Kentfield, and we'll let the coaches do the picking. I don't want to play unless they say I'm better, in my particular place, than some other fellow. It's a fair field and no favor for me."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Same here, declared Naylor."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I'll step out the minute I'm asked to. It's for the honor of Kentfield, not for any particular player. But it would be rubbing it in if they turned you down Dick, after what you've done--putting up all that money."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Say, look here, that's a matter I want to speak about! exclaimed Dick with sudden energy."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I don't want the coaches to know who is putting up the money--I don't want it known that I am doing it. They are both fair men, and I know you couldn't influence them with a million dollars. But let this matter be kept quiet, and have it given out that the athletic committee of Kentfield is supplying the funds. Then there can't be anything said against me."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I guess that would be the best way, assented Teddy."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I'll call a meeting right away and we'll settle it. But you say you have already written to the coaches."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I did, but I wrote in the name of the committee, said Dick."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I took that liberty, as I wanted to conceal my part in the affair. I thought it would be all right."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Sure. I'll see that it is."
}
]
|
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "I don't see how it is that you don't win oftener,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Oh, well, it's luck I guess,"
}
]
|
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "There'll be some surprised millionaires when my dad gets through with them,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Is he doing it all alone--I mean hasn't he some men associated with him?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Oh, I guess there are some pikers in along with my governor, but he's the main squeeze, declared Porter."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "He lets some fellows trail along so he can use 'em when he wants to. But he gets most of the dough, and he keeps it too. I hope the deal soon goes through, for I want my allowance increased, and the governor promised to raise the ante as soon as he gets control of this electric road. By the way, it's somewhere out your way, Hamilton. You must have heard of it."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I have,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Is your dad interested? I hear he has scads of money. Maybe he's in with my father."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "No, I fancy not. It's your turn, Weston,"
}
]
|
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "There is some other man besides Mr. Porter who is in this matter, wrote Mr. Hamilton."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I can't just learn who he is, but he holds a large number of shares, that he has bought up in little lots from the original holders. If I could learn who he is, and get in touch with him, I might persuade him to sell me some stock, so I would have the controlling interest. Then I could bid these others defiance. If you can learn who this man is, Dick wire me at once. I'll do the same for you, but as things are now they certainly look bad for the Hamilton family. But keep up your spunk."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Poor dad, mused Dick,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I guess managing finances is about as hard as trying to re-shape a slumping football team. But we'll both do our best. I wonder who that unknown man is?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I say, Dick, are you in?"
}
]
|
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "Who is it?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Blessed if I know. Sounds like Beeby, and again it might be Teddy. Going to let him in?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Sure. No one's around this early and it's safe. Unbolt the door. I've done enough boning to-night."
}
]
|
41410 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Come on in, invited our hero as his chum opened the portal."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "What's up, anyhow."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Something doing, replied Innis Beeby cheerfully as he slid inside the room, and carefully closed the door."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Are you fellows ready for a little fun?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "It depends on what kind, answered Dick."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Are you going to run one of the six-pounders up on the chapel steps, or turn the flag upside down?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Neither. But did you know that Porter and Weston were giving a little spread to-night?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "A spread? No! And those fellows only freshmen of the freshest kind, answered Paul."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Say, we ought to take 'em down a peg."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Exactly what I think, agreed Beeby."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I came over to see if you didn't want to join in the fun. We're going to invade their spread, take Porter and Weston captive, and carry them into town."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Then what?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "We'll make them do 'sentry-go' in front of the town jail. Have them march up and down with wooden guns on their shoulders. Maybe they won't feel sick!"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "But will they do it?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "They'll have to if we make a freshman matter of it. Otherwise they'll go to Coventry for the rest of the term. Oh, they'll do it all right. How about it, Dick?"
}
]
|
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "Well?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Oh, what's the use? inquired Dick."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Can't we let 'em alone? It might make trouble in the football team if we put them through the third degree too strong."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Bosh! cried Innis."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "They need it. Besides, if any fellows take offense at a little hazing they're not fit to play on the football team. Eh, Paul?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Sure not."
}
]
|
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "Come along, Dick,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Oh, I don't know, and the young millionaire paused before a case full of books--a case seldom opened."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I ought to do some boning, and----"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "What! cried Beeby aghast."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Don't speak of such a thing again. You nearly gave me heart disease. Come along and have some fun. We don't often have a chance at it, but there is a faculty pow-wow to-night, and the coast is unusually clear. That's why Porter had his spread I guess. We'll go over, make a rough house, and take him and his friend out for an airing. Then we'll all feel better. Come on, Dick."
}
]
|
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "What does this mean? demanded Porter indignantly, as the upper classmen made their appearance."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I think I did not invite you to my little affair."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "No, we didn't wait for a bid, Porter, though it was mighty careless of you to overlook us, retorted Beeby."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "But we came, anyhow. Now I guess you can come with us, Porter and Weston. We're going to initiate you into the mysteries of the gun club."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "We're not coming!"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "No, and you haven't any right to interrupt us in this manner, declared his crony with dignity."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Leave here at once."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "With you, dear friend, and not otherwise, put in Teddy Naylor."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Come on, it's part of the game."
}
]
|
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "Here, you let go of that rope, Hamilton!"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Can't do it--nohow,"
}
]
|
41410 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Then I'll get even with you, threatened Porter."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I'll make you fellows sorry for this night's work, you see if I don't."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Don't mind him--he's talking like a cannon-swab,"
}
]
|
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "And if you desert inside of an hour, you know what it means, threatened Jim Watkins."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "You'll belong to the Down and Out Club after that. So keep on the job."
}
]
|
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "I'm not going to stand it!"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "We'd better, counseled Weston."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I don't want to stay at Kentfield for a month with not a soul to speak to but you. We've got to do it."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "All right. But I'll get even with Hamilton for this. I think he started it. I'll get square with him."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Same here,"
}
]
|
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "They'll skip out as soon as we're gone,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "No, I think they'll stick, declared Innis."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Anyhow, Dick, you go back and take a look. We'll keep your chocolate for you."
}
]
|
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "I beg your pardon! exclaimed the cadet."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I didn't see you."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Very evidently, was the rasping reply."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "That's the trouble with you young men, you never look where you're going. Ah! I see, another one of the soldiers--and if it isn't the same one who nearly ran me down the other night in an automobile."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I--I'm afraid it is, our hero faltered."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I--I didn't mean to, I'm sure. I didn't hurt you this time."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "No, but it's not your fault that you didn't. You came around that corner under a full head of steam. Have you run down any more persons in your auto?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "No, and that time it wasn't my fault."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Hum--let's see--your name is Hamilton--son of Mortimer Hamilton--I know him--a hard man in a bargain. Well, I'll let you off this time. Who are those two young men marching up and down over there--chums of yours?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Yes--we--we're hazing them,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Ha! Hazing! A senseless and foolish proceeding! But just what I would expect of you soldier lads--heartless and cruel. Well, let me pass, I've wasted enough time on you."
}
]
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "Hum, I guess that's from dad, mused Dick."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I wonder what the new developments are?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Dear Dick: Enos Duncaster is the name of the man who holds a lot of trolley stock. See if you can locate him for me. I understand he lives somewhere in the vicinity of your academy. Trouble is thickening. I need help."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Whew! whistled Dick."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Enos Duncaster! He's the man who holds the stock, and whom both sides are after. And I'm in his bad books if ever a fellow was! Whew! I can see the finish of this without any spectacles!"
}
]
|
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "And we need all we can get, too,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Let's suggest to Colonel Masterly that he give up lessons and drill while the gridiron season is on,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Yes, I can see him doing it, cried the young millionaire."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Which horse are you going to ride, Paul?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "The little black--I'm fond of him, though he is a bit vicious."
}
]
|
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "Do you think Spitfire is safe? asked Dick, naming the steed Paul had said he would use."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Why don't you take the little gray I used to ride? He's a good steady mount, though a bit slow."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "That's the trouble, was the answer, as Dick's roommate tightened the belt of his sabre."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I want to keep up with the rest of the bunch. No, I'll take Spitfire. I reckon you'll ride Rex; eh?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Sure, for Dick had brought his own fine horse to Kentfield with him, together with his bulldog, and Grit was now ambling along behind the two chums, occasionally uttering a low bark of satisfaction, for the dog loved to go along on the practice"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Well, be careful,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "All right,"
}
]
|
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "Forward march! signalled the bugler when arrangements had been made for the"
}
]
|
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "Don't hold your snaffle reins that way, Mr. Porter, said the major to the new lad as he rode up beside him."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "You can't control your horse in an emergency. Let me show you,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Humph! I guess I know something about horses, complained Porter, when the instructors had passed on."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I straddled one before I came here. I had a German riding master, and what he didn't know about horses wasn't worth putting on ice. I'll ride as I please."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Oh, you fellows make me tired! Porter grumbled."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Why don't you do some fast riding."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "You'll get all the fast riding you want if you stay long enough,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Captain Hamilton, you and Lieutenant Drew take several of the new cadets and ride around by the long lake road. Give them some points. Take about ten--Mr. Porter and Mr. Weston, fall in with Captain Hamilton's squad."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Hum! I guess Captain Hamilton thinks he knows it all,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Not a bit of it, answered Dick good naturedly."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "But orders are orders you'll find. Come ahead, and I'll show you a fine bit of road, some magnificent scenery, and we'll have a good gallop. Look out there, Paul, I don't like the way Spitfire is acting!"
}
]
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "I can manage him,"
}
]
|
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "Now for some fast riding! called Dick, when they came to a long open stretch."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "You can go as far as you like, Porter."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Good! Then here I go!"
}
]
|
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