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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I'll dress you like a goldfinch, Or like a peacock gay; So if you'll have me, Jenny, Let us appoint the day." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Cherry-pie is very good, So is currant-wine; But I'll wear my russet gown, And never dress too fine." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Upon my word, I think that your Cock Robin Is a very pretty bird." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "What though her gay apparel Becomes her very well, Yet Jenny's modest dress and look Must bear away the bell." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "My pretty Jen, said he," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "We're going to be married, And happy we shall be." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Here's a bag of grain of many sorts, And other things beside: Now happy be the bridegroom, And happy be the bride!" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "And will you have her, Robin, To be your wedded wife?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Yes, I will, says Robin," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "And love her all my life!" }, { "from": "human", "value": "And you will have him, Jenny, Your husband now to be?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Yes, I will, says Jenny," }, { "from": "human", "value": "And love him heartily!" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "You're married now," }, { "from": "human", "value": "Happy be the bridegroom, And happy be the bride! And may not man, nor bird, nor beast, This happy pair divide!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Amen" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "You pretty cherries, Will you not come down to me?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Thank you kindly, said a cherry," }, { "from": "human", "value": "We would rather stay up here; If we ventured down this morning, You would eat us up, I fear." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "You are beautiful, said Freddie," }, { "from": "human", "value": "Red and ripe, and oh, how big!" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Catch me, said the cherry," }, { "from": "human", "value": "" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I would catch you soon, said Freddie," }, { "from": "human", "value": "If I were a grown-up man." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Let me taste your ware. Says the pieman to Simple Simon," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Show me first your penny. Says Simple Simon to the pieman," }, { "from": "human", "value": "Indeed I have not any." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I can't hit him, Because he will not stay." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I'm a beauty now, I hope." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "A CARRION CROW." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "A FROG HE WOULD A-WOOING GO." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Pray, Mr. Rat, will you go with me, Heigho, says Rowley, Kind Mrs. Mousey for to see?" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Pray, Mrs. Mouse, are you within? Heigho, says Rowley," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Oh, yes, kind sirs, I'm sitting to spin." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Pray, Mrs. Mouse, will you give us some beer? Heigho, says Rowley, For Froggy and I are fond of good cheer." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Pray, Mr. Frog, will you give us a song? Heigho, says Rowley, But let it be something that's not very long." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Indeed, Mrs. Mouse, replied the Frog, Heigho, says Rowley," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "A cold has made me as hoarse as a hog." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Since you have caught cold, Mr. Frog, Mousey said, Heigho, says Rowley," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I'll sing you a song that I have just made." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Quack! quack!" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "AS SOON AS HE PLAY'D THEY BEGAN FOR TO DANCE." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Over the hills and far away." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Over the hills and far away." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Lauk a mercy on me, this is none of I!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Wee, wee, wee, wee, wee, wee." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "My little dears, 'T is time you learn to fly; And all the little young ones said," }, { "from": "human", "value": "I'll try, I'll try, I'll try." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Do this, or" }, { "from": "human", "value": "She says," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "What for? and" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Why? She'd be a better child by far If she would say" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I'll try." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Cow, take care of your heels, she said;" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "And you shall have some nice new hay, If you'll quietly let me milk away." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Jenny Owlet, Jenny Owlet, said a merry little bird," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "They say you're wondrous wise; But I don't think you see, though you're looking at ME With your large, round, shining eyes." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "That's very rude, said old Dame Duck," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Get off! quack, quack, quack, quack!" }, { "from": "human", "value": "said Dame Duck, shoving out The egg-shells with her bill," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Besides, it never suits young ducks To keep them sitting still." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Now, children, look at me: A well-bred duck should waddle so, From side to side--d'ye see?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Yes, said the little ones, and then She went on to explain:" }, { "from": "human", "value": "A well-bred duck turns in its toes As I do--try again." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Yes, said the Ducklings, waddling on." }, { "from": "human", "value": "That's better, said their mother;" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "But well-bred ducks walk in a row, Straight--one behind another." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Yes, said the little Ducks again, All waddling in a row:" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Now to the pond," }, { "from": "human", "value": "You'd better get into the dish, Unless it is too small; In that case, I should use my foot, And overturn it all." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Oh, brother Richard, the sun's very high! You go on with bottle and bag, And I'll come after with jolly Jack Nag." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Oh, ho! said the Fox," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Oh, ho! said the Fox," }, { "from": "human", "value": "I love you well for your master's sake, And long to be picking your bones, heigho!" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Oh, ho! said the Fox," }, { "from": "human", "value": "Oh, husband! oh, husband! the Geese are all dead, For the Fox has been through the town, heigho!" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Ah, ha! said the farmer," }, { "from": "human", "value": "I think you're quite dead, And no more you'll trouble the town, heigho!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "THIS IS THE HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "The house is on fire, the grey goose is dead, And the fox has come to the town, oh!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "JACK AND JILL WENT UP THE HILL." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Coo, said the Turtle-dove," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Coo, said she;" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Oh, I love thee, said the Turtle-dove." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "And I love THEE." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Coo, said the little Doves." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Coo," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "THERE WAS AN OLD WOMAN WHO LIVED IN A SHOE." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "YAUP, yaup, yaup! Said the croaking voice of a Frog:" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "A rainy day In the month of May, And plenty of room in the bog." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Yaup, yaup, yaup! Said the Frog as it hopped away:" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "The insects feed On the floating weed, And I'm hungry for dinner to-day." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Yaup, yaup, yaup! Said the Frog, as it splashed about:" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Good neighbours all, When you hear me call, It is odd that you do not come out." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Yaup, yaup, yaup! Said the Frogs;" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "DING, DONG, BELL." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "who was going to St. Ives. J Jacky Horner, on plum-pie he thrives. K was King Cole with his fiddlers three. L Little Gold-Hair, peeping, you see. M Mother Hubbard who thought her dog dead. N Little Netticoat, with a red head. O the old Woman" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "P was the" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Pedlar who passed by that way. Q was the Queen of Hearts, tartlets she makes. R was Red Riding Hood carrying the cakes. S Simple Simon, the pieman beside. T Tommy Tucker, for supper who cried. U was the Unicorn," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "V was Victoria--she fought for her crown. W Whittington, who turned again, Over great London as Lord Mayor to reign. X is a letter that here we can spare. Y" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Yankee Doodle," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "HICKETY, PICKETY, MY BLACK HEN." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "WHEN THE PIE WAS OPENED, THE BIRDS BEGAN TO SING." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "What, said she," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Dog, dog, bite pig; Piggy won't get over the stile; And I shan't get home to-night." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Stick, stick, beat dog; Dog won't bite pig; Piggy won't get over the stile, And I shan't get home to-night." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Fire, fire, burn stick; Stick won't beat dog; Dog won't bite pig; Piggy won't get over the stile; And I shan't get home to-night." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "FIRE, FIRE, BURN STICK." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Water, water, quench fire; Fire won't burn stick; Stick won't beat dog; Dog won't bite pig; Piggy won't get over the stile; And I shan't get home to-night." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Ox, ox, drink water; Water won't quench fire; Fire won't burn stick; Stick won't beat dog; Dog won't bite pig; Piggy won't get over the stile; And I shan't get home to-night." }, { "from": "human", "value": "BUTCHER, BUTCHER, KILL OX." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Rope, rope, hang butcher; Butcher won't kill ox; Ox won't drink water; Water won't quench fire; Fire won't burn stick; Stick won't beat dog; Dog won't bite pig; Piggy won't get over the stile; And I shan't get home to-night." }, { "from": "human", "value": "RAT, RAT, GNAW ROPE." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Cat, cat, kill rat; Rat won't gnaw rope; Rope won't hang butcher; Butcher won't kill ox; Ox won't drink water; Water won't quench fire; Fire won't burn stick; Stick won't beat dog; Dog won't bite pig; Piggy won't get over the stile; And I shan't get home to-night." }, { "from": "human", "value": "If you will go to yonder cow, and fetch me a saucer of milk, I will kill the rat." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "COW, COW, GIVE ME A SAUCER OF MILK." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Cow, cow, give me a saucer of milk; Cat won't kill rat; Rat won't gnaw rope; Rope won't hang butcher; Butcher won't kill ox; Ox won't drink water; Water won't quench fire; Fire won't burn stick; Stick won't beat dog; Dog won't bite pig; Piggy won't get over the stile; And I shan't get home to-night." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "If you will go to yonder haymakers, and fetch me a wisp of hay, I'll give you the milk." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "HAYMAKERS, GIVE ME A WISP OF HAY." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "If you will go to yonder stream, and fetch us a bucket of water, we'll give you the hay." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "THE CAT BEGAN TO KILL THE RAT." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "TOMMY KEPT A CHANDLER'S SHOP." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "THERE WAS AN OLD MAN OF TOBAGO." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "To a leg, sir, of mutton you may go." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "AWAY WENT GILPIN, AND AWAY WENT POSTBOY AT HIS HEELS." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "My sister, and my sister's child, Myself, and children three, Will fill the chaise; so you must ride On horseback after we." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I am a linendraper bold, As all the world doth know, And my good friend the calender Will lend his horse to go." }, { "from": "human", "value": "That's well said; And for that wine is dear, We will be furnished with our own, Which is both bright and clear." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "The wine is left behind!" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Good lack! quoth he," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "So, fair and softly!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Well done!" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "He carries weight! he rides a race! 'Tis for a thousand pound!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Stop, stop, John Gilpin!--Here's the house! They all at once did cry;" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "The dinner waits, and we are tired; Said Gilpin--" }, { "from": "human", "value": "So am I!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "What news? what news? your tidings tell; Tell me you must and shall-- Say why bareheaded you are come, Or why you come at all?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I came because your horse would come: And, if I well forebode, My hat and wig will soon be here, They are upon the road." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "It is my wedding-day, And all the world would stare If wife should dine at Edmonton, And I should dine at Ware." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I am in haste to dine; 'Twas for your pleasure you came here, You shall go back for mine." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Bell," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "This shall be yours when you bring back My husband safe and well." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Stop thief! stop thief! a highwayman!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "A FARMER WENT TROTTING UPON HIS GREY MARE." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Cuckoo!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Oh, fie! Why did you eat the dumplings?" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "We'll go a-shooting, says Robin to Bobbin," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "We'll go a-shooting, says Richard to John;" }, { "from": "human", "value": "We'll go a-shooting, says John, all alone;" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "We'll go a-shooting," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "LITTLE BO-PEEP HAS LOST HER SHEEP, AND CAN'T TELL WHERE TO FIND THEM." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Shall I come in and cut your threads off?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Oh, no, kind sir, you will snap our heads off." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "changed to" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I say, Kentucky, aren't you _ever_ goin' to get up?" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "How could they have learned of it? he cried." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "How could they?" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Good copies, remarked the Duke," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "And that, after all, is the important point," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "The Twelfth Regiment of the Transylvania State National Guard are to hold a sham fight on Easter Monday. There has been a great deal of talk about the use of the bicycle in war, and here is a chance to test the theories. Let us organize the boys into a bicycle corps, and offer our services to your father, Colonel Howard, who commands the regiment." }, { "from": "human", "value": "How could we be of any use?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "We could be organized as a body of mounted riflemen, and also do scout and staff service. The fight is going to be somewhere on the Quantico golf course, and the grass on the links is short and smooth enough for riding. Easter comes so late this year that the frost is out of the ground already, and it isn't likely to rain before Monday. And then there are the roads in all directions." }, { "from": "human", "value": "How many fellows can we muster?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Well, you know that all the boys from boarding-school are at home for the Easter holidays, and I've counted up sixty-five single wheels and three tandems; then we have the motor cycle, the 'Happy Thought,' and the people at the Driving Park have promised to lend me the 'quad' that they have there for pacing the circuit riders--an available force altogether of seventy machines and seventy-seven men." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Let's go down to the armory and propose it to my father," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "There may be something in it, he said, finally," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I have arranged, said Colonel Howard," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Happy Thought" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Cardinal's Nob. This ridge is the key to the country lying behind it, and must consequently be defended at all hazards. The position is naturally strong, as its steep sides are inaccessible except at the three points marked by the numerals 1, 2, and 3. The open space in front is part of the Quantico golf course, and a putting-green occupies the little knoll at 8. The green is defended by an earth bunker, and from its military appearance it is known to the golfers as" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Sebastopol. In the woods immediately behind" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Sebastopol the forces of the enemy, under command of Lieutenant-Colonel Camp, are supposed to be concealed. They number four hundred and fifty, with a battery of two field-pieces, and their object is to obtain possession of the" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Cardinal's Nob. It is to be understood that the ground south of the" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Cardinal's Nob and separated from it by" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Deadman's Hollow," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Happy Thought moved swiftly and easily over the short, firm grass of the golf course, and it was evident that the bicycles would have no difficulty in operating in the open. But how would they ever have a chance to do so with the enemy under cover in the woods? Exposure would mean destruction, and, moreover, they could expect no support from the main body under Colonel Howard. At all risks the" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Cardinal's Nob must be held, and, it was clear that Colonel Howard would act strictly on the defensive. The bicycle corps, it is true, could assist in the defence as an unmounted body, but that was not what Fred wanted. Could not the wheelmen be used as an independent force without materially weakening the defence? Of course the" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Cardinal's Nob" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "And I think it is possible, thought Fred to himself as the" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Happy Thought" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Happy Thought and Alec Jordan's tandem, looked particularly wicked and fit for work. The ammunition was served out, the general orders read, and at ten o'clock the two forces took up the march. Fred on the front seat of the" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Happy Thought," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Cardinal's Nob" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Blacks, or Colonel Camp's force, will occupy" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Sebastopol" }, { "from": "human", "value": "White" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "White's rear begins," }, { "from": "human", "value": "Black's main force, under cover of the artillery, will abandon the demonstration against 1, and endeavor to carry the" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Cardinal's Nob" }, { "from": "human", "value": "We may therefore expect, gentlemen, concluded Colonel Howard," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Blacks." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Your suggestion is accepted, Captain March, said Colonel Howard," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "concluded Colonel Howard, shutting his watch with a snap," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Blacks was a smart young officer who owned a particularly fine pair of binocular glasses. Colonel Camp smiled grimly when Lieutenant Young reported that the bicycle corps had left the" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Cardinal's Nob," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Sebastopol, and a false demonstration would be made against the point 1. But instead of a large, a very small flanking force would be sent to the bridge (3), and they would be instructed to deceive" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "White as long as possible in regard to their real number. In this manner forty" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Blacks might occupy the attention of the hundred" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Whites" }, { "from": "human", "value": "White's" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Blacks should be able with their main body of 400 men to carry the" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Cardinal's Nob at 2, the defending force being now reduced to 150 men. It would take just about an hour to capture the signal post and guard the gate on the road, and the same length of time for the small flanking force to engage the attention of" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "White's rear guard. The instant that the firing in" }, { "from": "human", "value": "White's rear announced that the skirmish at the bridge (3) had commenced, the main assault at 2 would be made, and, if everything went as Colonel Camp expected, it could not fail. It was indeed a good plan, and reflected much credit upon the strategic ability of the commander of the" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Black" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Black's artillery had occupied" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Sebastopol, and had opened a hot fire on the" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Cardinal's Nob, but the" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Whites, protected by their intrenchments, had suffered but little. The mythical bullets from the" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Black" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Nob reported to Colonel Howard that communication with the signal-station (7) had suddenly been broken off. Colonel Howard looked grave, for he realized at once that with the bicycle corps out of the action he could hardly hope to defend the" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Nob" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Silence in the ranks! commanded Fred, sternly, as he gazed eagerly over at the signal-station. It was odd, but certainly some kind of a struggle was going on there. Could anything have gone wrong?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Steady! he said to himself." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Your business, Fred March, is to wait for that white flag, and then we'll see who holds the trumps." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "By column of fours! shouted Fred, as he sprang to his saddle." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Attention! Charge!" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Blacks were charging across the open, and were already within fifty yards of the" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Nob." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Fire! shrieked Captain Fred, and a destructive volley was poured in upon the astonished" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Blacks, while a cheer went up from the gallant defenders on the" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Nob." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Sebastopol, and before the bewildered artillerymen could turn to meet them the battery had been captured and the guns silenced. The rest of the corps, under command of Alec Jordan, had dismounted, and were firing over their wheels into the broken masses of the" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Blacks. In another instant Fred had brought the machine-gun mounted on the" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Happy Thought into action, and the" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Blacks, huddled together at the entrance to" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Deadman's Hollow," }, { "from": "human", "value": "Whites." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "My dear fellow, said Colonel Howard, soothingly," }, { "from": "human", "value": "But I did think of that, retorted the defeated warrior." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "The road was ambuscaded by my men, and the 'quad' was stopped and captured at the gate." }, { "from": "human", "value": "How, then--" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "But, indeed Colonel, said that young gentleman, eagerly," }, { "from": "human", "value": "I only obeyed orders. I did get my signal." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Lieutenant Young, said Colonel Camp," }, { "from": "human", "value": "Well, Colonel, if you must know--it--it was the hornets." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Hornets!" }, { "from": "human", "value": "You see, while we were waiting, one of the men undertook to explore an old hornets' nest, and, the weather having been rather warm for the last week, why--er--they--er--proceeded to resume business." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Exactly, said Colonel Camp, grimly." }, { "from": "human", "value": "And I suppose you used your handkerchief to protect yourself, and the boys mistook it for the signal." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Well, it was something white, said Fred, apologetically," }, { "from": "human", "value": "You did exactly right, said Colonel Howard;" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "That fellow Young ought to be court-martialled," }, { "from": "human", "value": "Never mind, Camp, laughed Colonel Howard;" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "in the sketch, after loosening the nut, the axle is moved backward or forward by turning the screw in the proper direction. If it is desired to move the axle back in" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "the screw is tightened, or if it is desirable to move it forward (nearer the cranks), the screw is unscrewed, and the axle pushed forward by gentle taps with a wrench. In" }, { "from": "human", "value": "the whole bar swings with the axle. This adjustment is tightened or loosened in the same manner as the preceding one, with the exception that the nut on the bolt holding the upper end of the bars has to be loosened a trifle. In" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "pull it off, and, if the" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "spring off, being careful in pushing the valve through the hole in the rim. If it is the" }, { "from": "human", "value": "pattern the inner tube may be readily removed, but if a" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "CHINKS AND" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "DOPE." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Do you know, Bonny, what sort of a place this is?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Yes, of course. It is Won Lung's joint." }, { "from": "human", "value": "I mean do you know what the men in those bunks are doing?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Certainly, replied Bonny, cheerfully." }, { "from": "human", "value": "They're hitting the pipe." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "But do you know what they are smoking in those pipes?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "To be sure I do, answered the other, a trifle impatiently." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "It's dope. Most any one would know that. Didn't you ever smell it before?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Dope!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "What on earth are we here for, Bonny?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "To find out how many passengers are ticketed for to-night's boat and get them started," }, { "from": "human", "value": "You don't mean that our passengers are to be Chinamen?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Yes, of course. I thought I told you so first thing this morning when you asked me what the sloop carried." }, { "from": "human", "value": "No. You only said passengers and freight." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I ought to have said 'chinks.' But what's the odds? Chinks are passengers, aren't they?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Do you mean Chinamen? Are 'chinks' Chinamen?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "That's right," }, { "from": "human", "value": "Well, said Alaric, who had been on the coast long enough to imbibe all a Californian's contempt for natives of the Flowery Kingdom," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I hope you won't, responded Bonny." }, { "from": "human", "value": "There isn't any necessity for you to that I know of." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "But I have already. There was a man on the wharf while I was getting aired who asked me what our cargo was. Just to see what he would say I told him 'chinks and dope,' though I hadn't the slightest idea of what either of them meant." }, { "from": "human", "value": "My! but that's bad! cried Bonny, with an anxious look on his face." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I only hope he wasn't a beak. They've been watching us pretty sharp lately, and I know the old man is in a regular tizzy wizzy for fear we'll get nabbed." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "We can't take but twenty of 'em on this trip, said the young mate, decidedly." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "And with their dunnage we'll have to stow 'em like sardines anyway. The others must wait till next time." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Mebbe you tlake some man in clabin, some mebbe in fo'c's'le," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Mebbe we don't do anything of the kind, replied Bonny." }, { "from": "human", "value": "The trip may last several days, and I know I for one am not going to be crowded out of my sleeping quarters. So, Mr. Lung, if you send down one man more than twenty he goes overboard. You savey that?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "YEP, ME SABBY. ALLEE SAME, ME NO LIKEE." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Yep, me sabby. Allee same me no likee." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Sorry, but I can't help it. And you want to hustle 'em along too, for we are going to sail in half an hour. Got the stuff ready?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Yep, all leddy. Two hun'l poun'." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Good enough. Send it right along with us." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Siwash," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Tough-looking old packet. I wonder if that young chap with the bag can be one of her crew?" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "That sloop must make an extraordinary amount of money somehow," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "What made you put out those lights? asked the latter." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I thought all ships carried lights at night." }, { "from": "human", "value": "We don't, laughed Bonny." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "They'd give us away to the cutters, and we'd be picked up in less'n no time. I'm mighty glad that steamer isn't a revenue-boat." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Why?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Because she's so fast. There's only one craft in the sound can beat her, and that's the _Flyer_, running between Tacoma and Seattle. The _City of Kingston_ is a good one, though. She used to be a crack Hudson River boat, and came out here around the Horn; or rather not exactly that, but through the Strait of Magellan. That's a tough place, I can tell you." }, { "from": "human", "value": "I suppose it is, replied Alaric." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "But, Bonny, tell me something more about those cutters. Why should they want to catch us?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "For running 'chinks' and 'dope.'" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "What harm is there in that? Is it against the law?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "I should rather say it was. There's a duty of ten dollars a pound on one, and the others aren't allowed in at any price." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Then I don't see how we are any different from regular smugglers." }, { "from": "human", "value": "That's what some folks call us, replied Bonny, with a grin." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "They are mostly on the other side, though. In Victoria they call us free-traders." }, { "from": "human", "value": "It doesn't make any difference what anybody calls us, retorted Alaric, vehemently," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Look here, Rick Dale! do you pretend you didn't know after seeing the 'chinks' and the 'dope' and all that was going on? Oh, come, that's too thin!" }, { "from": "human", "value": "I don't care whether it's thin or thick, rejoined Alaric, stoutly." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I didn't know that I was shipping to become a pirate, or you may be very certain I'd have sat on that log till I starved before going one step with you." }, { "from": "human", "value": "What do you mean by calling me a pirate? demanded Bonny, indignantly." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I'm no more a pirate than you are, for all your fine airs." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Stow yer jaw, ye young swabs, and keep a sharp lookout for'ard--d'ye hear?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Ay, ay, sir!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "and" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Is it true that the sun dances Easter morning, and that all the stones turn upside down, and that if I will climb to the top of that hill --pointing to a high hill that was in the immediate neighborhood--" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I can see it all?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Sure an' ye can, miss. It's meself that has seen 'em many's the time, only ye must be up airly, for the sun niver dances after five in the mornin'." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "; but I had never seen the sun dance or stones turn over, and, being a credulous child, I resolved to try. The only question was," }, { "from": "human", "value": "How was I to waken? for my head, once on the pillow, lay there generally, without even turning over, for a stretch of twelve hours. Bridget suggested that I tie my hand to the bedpost, but not thinking this a very safe precaution, I settled the matter by giving her an order to wake me at half after four o'clock. This she consented to do, provided I would" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "And I did not until breakfast-time, which was my very first opportunity, and at the moment I was so annoyed at the dolt this Irish cook had made of me, that I would have told a dozen mothers, had I only had the chance. Instead of waking me at half past four, she woke me at four o'clock. Oh, how sleepy I was! I remember dreaming of a short red-faced fairy shaking me and saying," }, { "from": "human", "value": "Hurry, child! stones turning, sun dancing! Hurry-scurry, or you'll be too late!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "What a fool that child is!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "How many eggs am I bid for this chicken?" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "commences, for it is now each one's aim to recover his chicken, which can only be done by finding the requisite number of eggs given for her. This is much easier said than done, for the boys will have hidden them in their pockets and other peculiar places. Meanwhile, the chickens, running in every direction, are very apt to" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Hunt the Slipper, only instead of saying" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "the walk was of no benefit to you, but a positive injury. You have overstrained your muscles, you feel exhausted, and you conclude that walking for pleasure is hard work. There is" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Begin with a moderate amount, and keep it up persistently until you become used to it;" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "What d'ye call him, Molly? said Parson Jones. He was standing, as he spoke, with his back to the fire, warming his palms before the blaze. The pocket of the great-coat he wore bulged out with a big case-bottle of spirits, which he had gathered up out of the wreck that afternoon." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "What d'ye call him, Molly?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "I'll call him Tom, after my own baby." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "That goes very well with the initial on the kerchief, said Parson Jones." }, { "from": "human", "value": "But what other name d'ye give him? Let it be something to go with the C." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I don't know," }, { "from": "human", "value": "Why not call him 'Chist,' since he was born in a chist out of the sea? 'Tom Chist'--the name goes off like a flash in the pan. And so" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Tom Chist he was called and" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Tom Chist" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Won't ye say naught? Won't ye say naught? Well, then, I'll see if I can't make ye say naught." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Boy, what do you want here, boy? he said, in a rough hoarse voice." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Where d'ye come from? And then dropping his end of the chest, and without giving Tom time to answer, he pointed off down the beach, and said," }, { "from": "human", "value": "You'd better be going about your own business, if you know what's good for you; and don't you come back, or you'll find what you don't want waiting for you." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Ninety-one, the voice began," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "--the slow monotonous count coming nearer and nearer to him--" }, { "from": "human", "value": "AND TWENTY-ONE, AND TWENTY-TWO." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "One hundred and twenty, it was saying--" }, { "from": "human", "value": "And twenty-five, and twenty-six, and twenty-seven, and twenty-eight, and twenty-nine, and thirty." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Thirty and one, and thirty and two, and thirty and three, and thirty and four --he walked straight across the level open, still looking intently at that which he held in his hand--" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "And I don't know why they should have killed the poor black man," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Why, that is very easy enough to understand, said the good reverend man." }, { "from": "human", "value": "A treasure-box?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Ay, a treasure-box! And that was why they killed the poor black man. He was the only one, d'ye see, beside they two who knew the place where 'twas hid, and now that they've killed him out of the way, there's nobody but themselves knows. The villains-- Tut, tut, look at that, now!" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Why, then, said Tom," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "said Parson Jones;" }, { "from": "human", "value": "I can't tell that, said Tom." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "said the reverend gentleman," }, { "from": "human", "value": "I could find the place, said Tom," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Why, then, that's something to start from, Tom, said his friend." }, { "from": "human", "value": "If we can find that, then maybe we can find whither they went from there." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "If I was certain it was a treasure-box, cried out Tom Chist," }, { "from": "human", "value": "I would rake over every foot of sand betwixt here and Henlopen for to find it." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "And how big did you say 'twas?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "About so long, said Tom Chist, measuring off upon the spade," }, { "from": "human", "value": "And what if it should be full of money, Tom? said the reverend gentleman, swinging his cane around and around in wide circles in the excitement of the thought, as he strode along briskly." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Suppose it should be full of money, what then?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "By Moses! said Tom Chist, hurrying to keep up with his friend," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I'd buy a ship for myself, I would, and I'd trade to Injy and to Chiny to my own boot, I would. Suppose the chist was all full of money, sir, and suppose we should find it; would there be enough in it, d'ye suppose, to buy a ship?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "To be sure there would be enough, Tom; enough and to spare, and a good big lump over." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "And if I find it 'tis mine to keep, is it, and no mistake?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Why, to be sure it would be yours! cried out the parson, in a loud voice." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "To be sure it would be yours! He knew nothing of the laws, but the doubt of the question began at once to ferment in his brain, and he strode along in silence for a while." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Whose else would it be but yours if you find it? he burst out." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Can you tell me that?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "If ever I have a ship of my own, said Tom Chist," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Thankee, Tom, he said;" }, { "from": "human", "value": "he said," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I saw the boat last night. Ay, I know 'twas here, for I mind me of that bit of wreck yonder, and that there was a tall stake drove in the sand just where yon stake stands." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Why, Tom, this hath been just drove down into the sand. 'Tis a brand-new stake of wood, and the pirates must have set it here themselves as a mark, just as they drove the pegs you spoke about down into the sand." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Ay, sir, he said," }, { "from": "human", "value": "He stood looking about him to see if there were other signs of the pirates' presence. At some little distance away there was the corner of something white sticking up out of the sand. He could see that it was a scrap of paper, and he pointed to it, calling out," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Yonder is a piece of paper, sir. I wonder if they left that behind them?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Look, sir, he said, as he struck the sand from it," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Let me see it, said Parson Jones. He adjusted the spectacles a little more firmly astride of his nose as he took the paper in his hand and began conning it." }, { "from": "human", "value": "What's all this? he said;" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "And then he read aloud," }, { "from": "human", "value": "I don't know, sir, said Tom." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "But maybe we can understand it better if we read on." }, { "from": "human", "value": "said Parson Jones," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "And then he began reading again:" }, { "from": "human", "value": "What's that about a peg? exclaimed Tom." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "What's that about a peg? And then there's something about digging too! It was as though a sudden light began shining into his brain. He felt himself growing quickly very excited." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Read that over again, sir, he cried." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Why, sir, you remember I told you they drove a peg into the sand. And don't they say to dig close to it? Read it over again, sir--read it over again!" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Peg? said the good gentleman." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "To be sure it was about a peg. Let's look again. Yes, here it is. 'Peg. SE. by E. 269 foot.'" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Ay! cried out Tom Chist again, in great excitement." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Don't you remember what I told you, sir, 269 foot? Sure that must be what I saw 'em measuring with the line." }, { "from": "human", "value": "To be sure, to be sure! he called out in a great big voice." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "And then they measured out 427 foot west by south, and then they drove another peg, and then they buried the box six foot to the west of it. Why, Tom--why, Tom Chist! if we've read this aright, thy fortune is made." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "But what do all these figures mean? And Tom observed how the paper shook and rustled in the tremor of excitement that shook his hand. He raised the paper to the focus of his spectacles and began to read again." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Mark? cried out Tom, almost screaming." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Why, that must mean the stake yonder; that must be the mark." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "And the 40 and 72 and 91, cried the old gentleman, in a voice equally shrill;" }, { "from": "human", "value": "To be sure that's what they mean! cried Tom Chist." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "That is it, and it can be nothing else. Oh, come, sir--come, sir; let us make haste and find it!" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Stay! stay! said the good gentleman, holding up his hand; and again Tom Chist noticed how it trembled and shook. His voice was steady enough, though very hoarse, but his hand shook and trembled as though with a palsy." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Stay! stay! First of all, we must follow these measurements. And 'tis a marvellous thing, he croaked, after a little pause," }, { "from": "human", "value": "Maybe it was blown here by the storm," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Like enough; like enough, said Parson Jones." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Like enough, after the wretches had buried the chest and killed the poor black man, they were so buffeted and bowsed about by the storm that it was shook out of the man's pocket, and thus blew away from him without his knowing aught of it." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "But let us find the box!" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Ay, ay, said the good man;" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "cried out Parson Jones," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Oh, the bloody wretch! or," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Oh, the desperate, cruel villains!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I wonder, he said," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Then, answering his own question:" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Like enough because these will give him a hold over the gentlemen to whom they are drawn so that he can make a good bargain for his own neck before he gives the bills back to their owners. I tell you what it is, Tom, he continued;" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "And he is, said Parson Jones," }, { "from": "human", "value": "When shall I go?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "You shall go upon the very first boat we can catch, said the parson. He had turned, still holding the bills in his hand, and was now fingering over the pile of money that yet lay tumbled out upon the coat." }, { "from": "human", "value": "I wonder, Tom, said he," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "You shall have fifty score, if you choose," }, { "from": "human", "value": "You are as fine a lad as ever I saw, Tom, said the parson," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Take it, sir, he said," }, { "from": "human", "value": "I don't know that 'tis fit for me to take this pirate money, after all," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "But you are welcome to it," }, { "from": "human", "value": "Nay, he burst out," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I'll not take it; 'tis blood-money." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Tom, he said, for the twentieth time," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "he said, digging his heel down into the sand," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "And here he lies buried for all time," } ]