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{
"from": "human",
"value": "Maria, do you still think of going away?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "No."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Then ... I know well that this is no time to speak of such things, but if only you could say there would be a chance for me one day, then could I bear the waiting better."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Yes ... If you wish I will marry you as you asked me to ... In the spring--the spring after this spring now--when the men come back from the woods for the sowing."
}
] |
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "Lucretia,"
}
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "Rather than concede to the state of Missouri the right to demand that my Government shall not enlist troops within her limits, or bring troops into the state whenever it pleases; or move its troops at its own will into, out of, or through, the state; rather than concede to the state of Missouri for one single instant the right to dictate to my Government in any matter, however unimportant, I would (rising and pointing in turn to every one in the room)"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Then, turning to the Governor, he continued,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "This means war. In an hour one of my officers will call for you and conduct you out of my lines."
}
] |
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "The City of Alton has arrived with the following Union dead and wounded, and the following Confederate wounded (prisoners)."
}
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "You will come, too, my friend, when the country needs you, he said."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Now (and he shrugged his shoulders),"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "God bless you, Carl,"
}
] |
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "Tactics."
}
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "Mr. Hopper!"
}
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "Mr. Hopper, he said,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Yes, sir."
}
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "These notes cannot be met, Mr. Hopper. And the good gentleman looked out of the window. He was thinking of a day, before the Mexican War, when his young wife had sat in the very chair filled by Mr. Hopper now."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "These notes cannot be met,"
}
] |
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "Colonel, said Mr. Hopper, with a remarkable ease,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I cal'late these notes can be met."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "What do you mean, sir? Mr. Carvel cried."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "There isn't a bank in town that will lend me money. I--I haven't a friend--a friend I may ask who can spare it, sir."
}
] |
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "I will take up those notes myself, sir."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "You! cried the Colonel, incredulously,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "You?"
}
] |
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "What do you mean, sir?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I cal'late that I can gather together enough to meet the notes, Colonel. Just a little friendly transaction."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "You have this money?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "And you will take my note for the amount?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Yes, sir."
}
] |
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "See here, he cried."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Where the devil did you get this money, sir?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I haven't been extravagant, Colonel, since I've worked for you, he said."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "It don't cost me much to live. I've been fortunate in investments."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "You offer to lend me five times more than I have ever paid you, Mr. Hopper. Tell me how you have made this money before I accept it."
}
] |
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "These be some of my investments, he answered, with just a tinge of surliness."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I cal'late they'll stand inspection. I ain't forcing you to take the money, sir, he flared up, all at once."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I'd like to save the business."
}
] |
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "You are a business man, Mr. Hopper, said he,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "And as a business man you must know that these notes will not legally hold. It is martial law. The courts are abolished, and all transactions here in St. Louis are invalid."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "One moment, sir, cried the Colonel, standing up and towering to his full height."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Law or no law, you shall have the money and interest, or your security, which is this business. I need not tell you, sir, that my word is sacred, and binding forever upon me and mine."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I'm not afraid, Colonel,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "You need not be, sir! said the Colonel, with equal force."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "If you were --this instant you should leave this place. He sat down, and continued more calmly:"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "It will not be long before a Southern Army marches into St. Louis, and the Yankee Government submits. He leaned forward."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Do you reckon we can hold the business together until then, Mr. Hopper?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Leave that to me, Colonel,"
}
] |
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "Marse Comyn! he cried,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Marse Comyn!"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Marse Comyn, you know what I done promise young MISS long time ago, befo'--befo' she done left us?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Yes, Ephum."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Marse Comyn, won' you give Ephum a pass down, river, ter fotch Cap'n Lige?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Ephum, said the Colonel, sadly,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I had a letter from the Captain yesterday. He is at Cairo. His boat is a Federal transport, and he is in Yankee pay."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "But de Cap'n's yo' friend, Marse Comyn. He ain't never fo'get what you done fo' him, Marse Comyn. He ain't in de army, suh."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "And I am the Captain's friend, Ephum, answered the Colonel, quietly."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "But I will not ask aid from any man employed by the Yankee Government. No--not from my own brother, who is in a Pennsylvania regiments."
}
] |
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "Howdy, Mr. Hopper?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Got them vouchers?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Wal, I jest reckon,"
}
] |
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "Hullo, Ford,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Howdy, Cap, retorted the other."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Wal, suh, that last lot was an extry, fo' sure. As clean a lot as ever I seed. Not a lump on 'em. Gov'ment ain't cheated much on them there at one-eighty a head, I reckon."
}
] |
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "I guess I know a mule from a Newfoundland dog by this time,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Wal, I jest reckon, asserted Mr. Ford, with a loud laugh."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Cap'n Wentworth, allow me to make you acquainted with Mr. Hopper. Mr. Hopper, Cap'n Wentworth."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "You interested in mules, Mr. Hopper?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I don't cal'late to be, said. Mr. Hopper. Let us hope that our worthy has not been presented as being wholly without a sense of humor. He grinned as he looked upon this lamb in the uniform of Mars, and added,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I'm just naturally patriotic, I guess. Cap'n, 'll you have a drink?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "And a segar,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Just one, says the Captain."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "It's d--d tiresome lookin' at mules all day in the sun."
}
] |
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "Don't lose no time in presenting them vouchers at headquarters, says he."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Money is worth something now. And there's grumbling about this Department in the Eastern papers, If we have an investigation, we'll whistle. How much to-day?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Three thousand, says Mr. Ford. He tosses off a pony of Bourbon, but his face is not a delight to look upon,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Hopper, you'll be a d--d rich man some day."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I cal'late to."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I do the dirty work. And because I ain't got no capital, I only get four per cent."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Don't one-twenty a day suit you?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "You get blasted near a thousand. And you've got horse contracts, and blanket contracts besides. I know you. What's to prevent my goin' south when the vouchers is cashed? he cried."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Ain't it possible?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I presume likely, said Mr. Hopper, quietly."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Then your mother'll have to move out of her little place."
}
] |
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "Virginia, child. said Mrs. Colfax, peevishly, one morning as they sat at breakfast,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Aunt Lillian, you must not say such things. I do not think that I ever dressed to please men."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Tut, tut; my dear, we all do. I did, even after married your uncle. It is natural. We must not go shabby in such times as these, or be out of fashion, Did you know that Prince Napoleon was actually coming here for a visit this autumn? We must be ready for him. I am having a fitting at Miss Elder's to-day."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Jinny, said that lady,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I think I do dress decently, Aunt Lillian, answered the girl."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I do not need the gowns. Give me the money you intend to pay for them, and I can use it for a better purpose."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I am sick and tired of this superiority, Jinny. And in the same breath."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "What would you do with it?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Hodges goes through the lines to-morrow night. I should send it to Clarence."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "But you have no idea where Clarence is."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Hodges can find him."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Pshaw! exclaimed her aunt,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I would not trust him. How do you know that he will get through the Dutch pickets to Price's army? Wasn't Souther captured last week, and that rash letter of Puss Russell's to Jack Brinsmade published in the Democrat? She laughed at the recollection, and Virginia was fain to laugh too."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Puss hasn't been around much since. I hope that will cure her of saying what she thinks of people."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "It won't,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I'll save my money until Price drives the Yankees from the state, and Clarence marches into the city at the head of a regiment, Mrs. Colfax went on,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "It won't be long now."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Oh, you can't have read the papers. And don't you remember the letter Maude had from George? They need the bare necessities of life, Aunt Lillian. And half of Price's men have no arms at all."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Jackson, said Mrs. Colfax,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "No, answered Virginia, quickly."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "All we know is that Lyon has left Springfield to meet our troops, and that a great battle is coming, Perhaps--perhaps it is being fought to-day."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Oh, Jinny, she cried,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Jefferson Davis"
}
] |
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "Colfax! cried the Governor."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "A Colfax of St. Louis in butternuts and rawhide boots?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Give me a razor, demanded Clarence, with indignation,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "A razor, young man! A suit of clothes You know not what you ask."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Are there any gentlemen from St. Louis here?"
}
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "Dear mother, I wish that you and Jinny and Uncle Comyn could have seen this country rabble. How you would have laughed, and cried, because we are just like them. In the combined army two thousand have only bowie-knives or clubs. Some have long rifles of Daniel Boone's time, not fired for thirty years. And the impedimenta are a sight. Open wagons and conestogas and carryalls and buggies, and even barouches, weighted down with frying-pans and chairs and feather beds. But we've got spirit, and we can whip Lyon's Dutchmen and Yankees just as we are. Spirit is what counts, and the Yankees haven't got it, I was made to-day a Captain of Cavalry under Colonel Rives. I ride a great, raw-boned horse like an elephant. He jolts me until I am sore,--not quite as easy as my thoroughbred, Jefferson. Tell Jinny to care for him, and have him ready when we march into St. Louis."
}
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "We have at last met McCulloch and his real soldiers. We cheered until we cried when we saw their ranks of gray, with the gold buttons and the gold braid and the gold stars. General McCulloch has taken me on his staff, and promised me a uniform. But how to clothe and feed and arm our men! We have only a few poor cattle, and no money. But our men don't complain. We shall whip the Yankees before we starve."
}
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "But, Aunt Lillian, cried Virginia,"
}
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "Jinny, do you remember saying so many years ago that our ruin would come of our not being able to work? How I wish you could see us felling trees to make bullet-moulds, and forging slugs for canister, and making cartridges at night with our bayonets as candlesticks. Jinny dear, I know that you will keep up your courage. I can see you sewing for us, I can hear you praying for us."
}
] |
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "Why should not our soldiers have them, too?"
}
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "Robespierre,"
}
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "Oh, Jinny! she cried,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Puss Russell's house is surrounded by Yankees, and Puss and Emily and all the family are prisoners!"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Prisoners! What for?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Because, said Eugenie, sputtering with indignation"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Confederate flag,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "But if the food gives out?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Then, said Miss Renault, in a voice of awe,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Oh, those Yankees are detestable! exclaimed Virginia."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "But they shall pay for it. As soon as our army is organized and equipped, they shall pay for it ten times over. She tried on the bonnet, conspicuous with its red and white ribbons, before the glass. Then she ran to the closet and drew forth the white gown with its red trimmings."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Wait for me, Genie, she said,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "But not in that dress, said Eugenie, aghast."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "They will arrest you."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Oh, how I wish they would! cried Virginia. And her eyes flashed so that Eugenie was frightened."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "How I wish they would!"
}
] |
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "I suppose its because Mr. Russell won't let her, said Virginia, disconsolately,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Genie, let's go to headquarters, and show this Yankee General Fremont that we are not afraid of him."
}
] |
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "Oh, Jinny, you are to be arrested, after all. Oh, I wish you hadn't been so bold!"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Hush, said Virginia, as she prepared to slay the young officer with a look. She felt like flying at his throat, and choking him for the insolence of that smile. How dare he march undaunted to within six paces of those eyes? The crowd drew back, But did Miss Carvel retreat? Not a step."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Oh, I hope he will arrest me, she said passionately, to Eugenie."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "He will start a conflagration beyond the power of any Yankee to quell."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "You are my prisoners"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Ladies, the General's compliments, and he begs that this much of the sidewalk may be kept clear for a few moments."
}
] |
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "May I have the pleasure, said that gentleman,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "You must not come out of your way, she said. Then she added."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I am sure you must go back to the store. It is only six o'clock."
}
] |
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "Business is not so pressing nowadays, Miss Carvel,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Then existence must be rather heavy for you, she said. She made no attempt to introduce him to Eugenie."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "If we should have any more victories like Bull Run, prosperity will come back with a rush, said the son of Massachusetts."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Southern Confederacy, with Missouri one of its stars an industrial development of the South--fortunes in cotton"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Oh, how dare you? she cried."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "How dare you speak flippantly of such things?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "But you are a Yankee born,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "There be a few sane Yankees,"
}
] |
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "Why, bless us, Jinny, said the Colonel,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "laughed he, patting her under the chin,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I've been over to Puss Russell's house, said she, breathless."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "They've closed it up, you know-- (He nodded.)"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "And then we went--Eugenie and I, to headquarters, just to see what the Yankees would do."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "You must take care, honey, he said, lowering his voice."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "They suspect me now of communicating with the Governor and McCulloch. Jinny, it's all very well to be brave, and to stand by your colors. But this sort of thing, said he, stroking the gown,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Pa, cried the girl,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I'm so sorry. Suddenly searching his face with a swift instinct, she perceived that these months had made it yellow and lined."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Pa, dear, you must come to Glencoe to-morrow and rest You must not go off on any more trips."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "It isn't the trips, Jinny There are duties, my dear, pleasant duties --Jinny--"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Yes?"
}
] |
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "Howdy, Colonel?"
}
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "Won't--won't you come in, Mr. Hopper?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I don't know but what I will, thank you, Colonel, he answered; easily."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I took the liberty of walking home with your daughter."
}
] |
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "Thank'ee, Colonel, I don't smoke,"
}
] |
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "The war doesn't seem to make any difference in your business, Mr. Hopper, his landlady remarked,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I happened round at Colonel Carvel's this afternoon, and stayed for tea with 'em,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Virginia, said Mrs. Colfax, the next morning on coming downstairs,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I am going back to Bellegarde today. I really cannot put up with such a person as Comyn had here to tea last night."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Very well, Aunt Lillian. At what time shall I order the carriage?"
}
] |
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "What--what is it? she gasped."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I cannot read."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "There has been a battle at Wilson's Creek, said Virginia, in an emotionless voice."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "General Lyon is killed, for which I suppose we should be thankful. More than seven hundred of the wounded are on their way here. They are bringing them one hundred and twenty miles, from Springfield to Rollo, in rough army wagons, with scarcely anything to eat or drink."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "And--Clarence?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "His name is not there."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Thank God! exclaimed Mrs. Colfax."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Are the Yankees beaten?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Yes, said Virginia, coldly."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "At what time shall I order the carriage to take you to Bellegarde?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Oh, let me stay, she cried,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "As you please, Aunt Lillian, she answered."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "You know that you may always stay here. I only beg of you one thing, that when you have anything to complain of, you will bring it to me, and not mention it before Pa. He has enough to worry him."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Oh, Jinny, sobbed the lady, in tears again,"
}
] |
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "You have a wife?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Yes, ma'am."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "And a child?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "A boy, ma'am--born the week--before I came--away."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I shall write to your wife, said the lady, so gently that Virginia could scarce hear,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "God bless you, lady."
}
] |
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Doctor, could this man's life be saved if I took him to my home?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "He has fainted,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Do you think he can be saved?"
}
] |
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "My dear Mrs. Brice, he said,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I shall be glad to get you permission to take him, but we must first make him worth the taking. Another hour would have been too late. He glanced hurriedly about the busy room, and then added,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "We must have one more to help us."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I am afraid we must go, dear, he said,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Won't you please go without me, Pa? she asked."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Perhaps I can be of some use."
}
] |
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Thank you, my dear,"
}
] |
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "My dear? she was saying,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "God will reward you for this act. You have taught many of us to-day a lesson we should have learned in our Bibles."
}
] |
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Pa, she said,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Why, honey, I'll ask Brinsmade if you like, said the Colonel."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Here he comes now, and Anne."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "My dear, replied that gentleman, patting her,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I would do anything in the world for you. I'll see General Fremont this very afternoon. Virginia, he added, soberly,"
}
] |
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Colonel Carvel, said Mr. Brinsmade, with dignity,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Even to an enemy, the General put in,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "By George, Brinsmade, unless I knew you, I should think that you were half rebel yourself. Well, well, he may have his Arkansan."
}
] |
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Such a singular thing happened to-day, Stephen, she said."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "It was while we were trying to save the life of a poor sergeant who had lost his arm. I hope we shall be allowed to have him here. He is suffering horribly."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "What happened, mother?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "It was soon after I had come upon this poor fellow, she said."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I saw the--the flies around him. And as I got down beside him to fan them away I had such a queer sensation. I knew that some one was standing behind me, looking at me. Then Dr. Allerdyce came, and I asked him about the man, and he said there was a chance of saving him if we could only get help. Then some one spoke up,--such a sweet voice. It was that Miss Carvel my dear, with whom you had such a strange experience when you bought Hester, and to whose party you once went. Do you remember that they offered us their house in Glencoe when the Judge was so ill?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Yes,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I hope not, mother,"
}
] |
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Inasmuch, said the General,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "They may sell my house over my head before I will pay a cent, cried Mr. Russell. And he meant it. This was the way the others felt. Who were to be on this mysterious list of"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Sixty ? That was the all-absorbing question of the town. It was an easy matter to pick the conspicuous ones. Colonel Carvel was sure to be there, and Mr. Catherwood and Mr. Russell and Mr. James, and Mr. Worington the lawyer. Mrs. Addison Colfax lived for days in a fermented state of excitement which she declared would break her down; and which, despite her many cares and worries, gave her niece not a little amusement. For Virginia was human, and one morning she went to her aunt's room to read this editorial from the newspaper:--"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "For the relief of many palpitating hearts it may be well to state that we understand only two ladies are on the ten thousand dollar list."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Jinny, she cried,"
}
] |
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Pa, she cried,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I reckon so, honey."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "The brute! Are you going to pay?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "No, Jinny."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Then they will take away the furniture."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I reckon they will."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Pa, you must promise me to take down the mahogany bed in your room. It --it was mother's. I could not bear to see them take that. Let me put it in the garret."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "No, Jinny. We must leave this house just as it is. Then he added, strangely enough for him,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "God's will be done."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Does you want to see folks, Marse Comyn?"
}
] |
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Are you Colonel Carvel?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I reckon I am. Will you come in?"
}
] |
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Colonel Carvel, said he,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Very well, sir, he said."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "You may tell the General that the articles may be seized. That I will not, while in my right mind, be forced to support persons who have no claim upon me."
}
] |
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Lordy, we haven't got three hundred and fifty dollars to our names,"
}
] |
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Is this Colonel Carvel's house?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Yassir. I 'low you knows dat jes as well as me. An embarrassed silence, and then from Mammy,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Whaffor you laffin at?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Is the Colonel at home?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Now I reckon you knows dat he ain't. Ef he was, you ain't come here 'quirin' in dat honey voice. (Raising her own voice.)"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "You tink I dunno whaffor you come? You done come heah to rifle, an' to loot, an' to steal, an' to seize what ain't your'n. You come heah when young Marse ain't to home ter rob him. (Still louder.)"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Ned, whaffor you hidin' yonder? Ef yo' ain't man to protect Marse Comyn's prop-ty, jes han' over Marse Comyn's gun."
}
] |
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Is your mistress here?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "You--you white trash! cried Mammy, bursting with indignation."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Who is you to come heah 'quiring fo' her! I ain't agwine--"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Mammy!"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Yas'm! Yas, Miss Jinny."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Mammy, what is all this noise about?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "These heah men, Miss Jinny, was gwine f'r t' carry away all yo' pa's blongin's. I jes' tol' 'em dey ain't comin' in ovah dis heah body."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I have a warrant here from the Provost Marshal, ma'am, to seize personal property to satisfy a claim against Colonel Carvel."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I do not see how I am to prevent you,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I'm sorry, Miss. I--I can't tell you how sorry I am. But it's got to be done."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "What are you waiting for?"
}
] |
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "I expect all that we want is right here,"
}
] |
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Come along upstairs wid yo' Mammy, honey. Dis ain't no place for us, I reckon. Her words were the essence of endearment. And yet, while she pronounced them, she glared unceasingly at the intruders."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Oh, de good Lawd'll burn de wicked!"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Isn't there something else you could take? Some jewellery? She flushed."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I have a necklace--"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "No, miss. This warrant's on your father. And there ain't nothing quite so salable as pianos."
}
] |
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Stephen, said the Judge, in his abrupt way,"
}
] |
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "Stephen, said he, presently,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I guess I'll do a little bidding."
}
] |
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "You don't approve of this proceeding, sir, I suppose,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Yes, sir, on large grounds. War makes many harsh things necessary."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Then, said the Judge, tartly,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I am not afraid to bid, Judge Whipple."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Then you will bid in certain things for me, said Mr. Whipple. Here he hesitated, and shook free the rest of the sentence with a wrench."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Colonel Carvel always had a lot of stuff I wanted. Now I've got the chance to buy it cheap."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "You'll have to excuse me, sir. I do not care to do that."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "What?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I was once a guest in Colonel Carvel's house, sir. And--"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "And what?"
}
] |
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Now, gentlemen, and ladies, said the seller,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "He lingered fondly over the names, that the impression might have time to sink deep."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "This here magnificent instrument's worth at the very least (another pause)"
}
] |
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Gentlemen and ladies, we have to begin somewheres. What am I bid?"
}
] |
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Give me a strong and consistent enemy, some great personage has said,"
}
] |
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "The shutters are up, said Stephen."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I understood that Mrs. Colfax had come out here not long a--"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "She came out for a day just before Christina, said Anne, smiling,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "It must have been a blow to her pride when she found that she was not,"
}
] |
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Poor Jinny! said Anne, with a sigh,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Do you think that she is unhappy?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Oh, yes, said Anne."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "How can you ask? But you could not make her show it. The other morning when she came out to our house I found her sitting at the piano. I am sure there were tears in her eyes, but she would not let me see them. She made some joke about Spencer Catherwood running away. What do you think the Judge will do with that piano, Stephen?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "The day after they put it in his room he came in with a great black cloth, which he spread over it. You cannot even see the feet."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "It is growing late, she said."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I think that we ought to go back."
}
] |
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "The boy doesn't remember me,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Yes, sir, I do, Stephen made haste to answer. He glanced at the star on the shoulder strap, and said."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "You are General Sherman."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "First rate! laughed the General, patting him."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "First rate!"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Now in command at Camp Benton, Stephen, Mr. Brinsmade put in."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Won't you sit down, General?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "No, said the General, emphatically waving away the chair."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "No, rather stand. Then his keen face suddenly lighted with amusement,--and mischief, Stephen thought."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "So you've heard of me since we met, sir?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Yes, General."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Humph! Guess you heard I was crazy,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "He's been reading the lies in the newspapers too, Brinsmade, the General went on rapidly."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I'll make 'em eat their newspapers for saying I was crazy. That's the Secretary of War's doings. Ever tell you what Cameron did, Brinsmade? He and his party were in Louisville last fall, when I was serving in Kentucky, and came to my room in the Galt House. Well, we locked the door, and Miller sent us up a good lunch and wine, After lunch, the Secretary lay on my bed, and we talked things over. He asked me what I thought about things in Kentucky. I told him. I got a map. I said, 'Now, Mr. Secretary, here is the whole Union line from the Potomac to Kansas. Here's McClellan in the East with one hundred miles of front. Here's Fremont in the West with one hundred miles. Here we are in Kentucky, in the centre, with three hundred miles to defend. McClellan has a hundred thousand men, Fremont has sixty thousand. You give us fellows with over three hundred miles only eighteen thousand.' 'How many do you want?' says Cameron, still on the bed. 'Two hundred thousand before we get through,' said I. Cameron pitched up his hands in the air. 'Great God?' says he, 'where are they to come from?' 'The northwest is chuck full of regiments you fellows at Washington won't accept,' said I. 'Mark my words, Mr. Secretary, you'll need 'em all and more before we get done with this Rebellion.' Well, sir, he was very friendly before we finished, and I thought the thing was all thrashed out. No, sir! he goes back to Washington and gives it out that I'm crazy, and want two hundred thousand men in Kentucky. Then I am ordered to report to Halleck in Missouri here, and he calls me back from Sedalia because he believes the lies."
}
] |
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "They have to print something, General,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Fremont was a little difficult to get at, General, said Mr. Brinsmade."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Things were confused and discouraged when those first contracts were awarded. Fremont was a good man, and it wasn't his fault that the inexperience of his quartermasters permitted some of those men to get rich."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "No, said the General."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "His fault! Certainly not. Good man! To be sure he was--didn't get along with Blair. These court-martials you're having here now have stirred up the whole country. I guess we'll hear now how those fortunes were made. To listen to those witnesses lie about each other on the stand is better than the theatre."
}
] |
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Come, Stephen, said the General, abruptly,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "They deserve more, sir,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Nonsense! said be;"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "He glanced critically at Stephen."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "You've had military training of some sort?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "He's a captain in the Halleck Guards, sir, said Mr. Brinsmade, generously,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "It's more than I have in this war. Come, come, I knew he was a soldier. Let's see what kind of a strategist he'll make. Brinsmade, have you got such a thing as a map?"
}
] |
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Now, Stephen, said he,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Good! said the General."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Very good! He drew a heavy line across the first, and it ran almost in the bed of the Tennessee River. He swung on Mr. Brinsmade."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Very question Halleck asked me the other day, and that's how I answered it. Now, gentlemen, there's a man named Grant down in that part of the country. Keep your eyes on him. Ever heard of him, Brinsmade? He used to live here once, and a year ago he was less than I was. Now he's a general."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I saw him, he cried;"
}
] |
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Grant did the coolest thing you ever saw. He sat on his horse at the top of the bluff while the boys fell over each other trying to get on the boat. Yes, sir, he sat there, disgusted, on his horse, smoking a cigar, with the Rebs raising pandemonium all around him. And then, sir, cried the General, excitedly,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "said the General."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "And now, Stephen, he added,"
}
] |
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Why, my friend, you are melancholy as an owl. I will tell you a funny story. Did you ever hear of one General Sherman? He that they say is crazy?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "He is no more crazy than I am,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Is he not? answered Tiefel,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "If that's insanity, cried Stephen so strongly as to surprise the little man;"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Himmel!"
}
] |
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Good-by, Stephen,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Good-by, General, said Stephen, shifting his basket to shake hands."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Are you going away?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Ordered to Paducah, said the General. He pulled Stephen off the guards into an empty cabin."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Brice, said he, earnestly,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I haven't forgotten how you saved young Brinsmade at Camp Jackson. They tell me that you are useful here. I say, don't go in unless you have to. I don't mean force, you understand. But when you feel that you can go in, come to me or write me a letter. That is, he added, seemingly inspecting Stephen's white teeth with approbation,"
}
] |
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "Jinny, said the Colonel one day,"
}
] |
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "Going to Springfield?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Yes,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Not very profitable to be a minute-man, eh?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Spot!"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Well, Colonel Carvel, what can I do for you this morning?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I reckon I'll wait till next week, Captain, said Mr. Carvel."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "It's pretty hot to travel just now."
}
] |
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Idylls of the King."
}
] |
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I believe I did him an injustice, Pa, she said."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Not that I like him any better now. I must be honest about that. I simply can't like him. But I do think that if he had been as unscrupulous as I thought, he would have deserted you long ago for something more profitable. He would not be sitting in the office day after day making plans for the business when the war is over."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "You are a good girl, Jinny,"
}
] |
5393
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I don't blame him for not wanting to fight for the Yankees,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Then why doesn't he fight for the South he asked"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Fight for the South! cried the young lady, scornfully."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Mr. Hopper fight? I reckon the South wouldn't have him."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I reckon not, too,"
}
] |
5393
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Unknown Author
|
[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "You don't know nothin' about him, you say?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "No,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "My name's Ford, he said."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I 'low I kin 'lighten you a little."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Good day, sir,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I guess you'll like to hear what I've got to say."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Ephum, said Mr. Carvel in his natural voice,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Oh, Pa, she cried, in alarm,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I couldn't tell you, Jinny,"
}
] |
5393
|
Unknown Title
|
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|
[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Honey, dey's comp'ny up to de house. Mister Hopper's done arrived. He's on de porch, talkin' to your Pa. Lawsey, look wha he come!"
}
] |
5393
|
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|
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|
[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "How-dy-do, Miss Virginia, he cried pleasantly."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Your father had a notion you might be here."
}
] |
5393
|
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|
Unknown Author
|
[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "So you were not caught?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I just guess I wahn't."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "How did you escape?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Well, I did, first of all. You're considerable smart, Miss Jinny, but I'll bet you can't tell me where I was, now."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I do not care to know. The place might save you again."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I cal'lated it might interest you to know how I dodged the Sovereign State of Missouri. General Halleck made an order that released a man from enrolling on payment of ten dollars. I paid. Then I was drafted into the Abe Lincoln Volunteers; I paid a substitute. And so here I be, exercising life, and liberty, and the pursuit of happiness."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "So you bought yourself free? said Virginia."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "If your substitute gets killed, I suppose you will have cause for congratulation."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "That's his lookout, I cal'late,"
}
] |
5393
|
Unknown Title
|
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|
[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Miss Jinny?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Yes?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I've heard considerable about the beauties of this place. Would you mind showing me 'round a bit?"
}
] |
5393
|
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|
[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Certainly not,"
}
] |
5393
|
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|
Unknown Author
|
[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Oh, Mr. Hopper! she cried."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Please, not in here."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Why not?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Because, she said,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "With dignity:"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "That should be sufficient."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Well, replied Eliphalet, with an abortive laugh,"
}
] |
5393
|
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|
Unknown Author
|
[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "There is a walk along the bluff, she said, coldly,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Miss Jinny, said he, precipitately,"
}
] |
5393
|
Unknown Title
|
Unknown Author
|
[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I never thought of you as of the marrying kind, Mr. Hopper,"
}
] |
5393
|
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|
Unknown Author
|
[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Well, I've been thinking serious of late about getting married, he continued, slashing the rose bushes with his stick."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I don't cal'late to be a sentimental critter. I'm not much on high-sounding phrases, and such things, but I'd give you my word I'd make a good husband."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Please be careful of those roses, Mr. Hopper."
}
] |
5393
|
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|
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|
[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I'm a pretty steady kind. I've stopped chewing--there was a time when I done that. And I don't drink nor smoke."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "That is all very commendable, Mr. Hopper, Virginia said, stifling a rebellious titter."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "But,--but why did you give up chewing?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I am informed that the ladies are against it, said Eliphalet,--"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I confess I shouldn't,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Thought so, he replied, as one versed. His tones took on a nasal twang."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Well, as I was saying, I've about got ready to settle down, and I've had my eye on the lady this seven years."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Marvel of constancy! said Virginia."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "And the lady?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "The lady, said Eliphalet, bluntly,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "He glanced at her bewildered face and went on rapidly:"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "You pleased me the first day I set eyes on you in the store I said to myself, 'Hopper, there's the one for you to marry.' I'm plain, but my folks was good people. I set to work right then to make a fortune for you, Miss Jinny. You've just what I need. I'm a plain business man with no frills. You'll do the frills. You're the kind that was raised in the lap of luxury. You'll need a man with a fortune, and a big one; you're the sort to show it off. I've got the foundations of that fortune, and the proof of it right here. And I tell you, --his jaw was set,--"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I tell you that some day Eliphalet Hopper will be one of the richest men in the West."
}
] |
5393
|
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|
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|
[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "How--how dare you!"
}
] |
5393
|
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|
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|
[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "You--won't--marry me?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Oh, how dare you ask me!"
}
] |
5393
|
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|
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|
[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "You must! he said hoarsely."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "You must! You've got no notion of my money, I say."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Oh! she cried,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I cal'late you ain't got much idea of the situation, Miss Carvel, he said;"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Well, he said,"
}
] |
5393
|
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|
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|
[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I cal'late you despise me, don't you? he went on, as if that, too, gave him pleasure."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "But I tell you the Colonel's a beggar but for me. Go and ask him if I'm lying. All you've got to do is to say you'll be my wife, and I tear these notes in two. They go over the bluff. (He made the motion with his hands.)"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Carvel & Company's an old firm,--a respected firm. You wouldn't care to see it go out of the family, I cal'late."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Will you please follow me, Mr. Hopper."
}
] |
5393
|
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|
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|
[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Pa, she said,"
}
] |
5393
|
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|
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|
[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "It takes just a minute to walk to that fence, sir, he said sternly."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "If you are any longer about it, I reckon you'll never get past it. You're a cowardly hound, sir!"
}
] |
5393
|
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|
Unknown Author
|
[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Jinny, did he--?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Yes--"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Lige was right, and--and you, Jinny--I should never have trusted him. The sneak!"
}
] |
5393
|
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|
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|
[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Honey, said the Colonel,--"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I reckon we're just as poor as white trash."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Honey, he said again, after a pause,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I must keep my word and let him have the business."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "There is a little left, a very little, he continued slowly, painfully."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I thank God that it is yours. It was left you by Becky--by your mother. It is in a railroad company in New York, and safe, Jinny."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Oh, Pa, you know that I do not care, she cried."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "It shall be yours and mine together. And we shall live out here and be happy."
}
] |
5393
|
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|
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|
[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Virginia, he said,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I fought for my country once, and I reckon I'm some use yet awhile. It isn't right that I should idle here, while the South needs me, Your Uncle Daniel is fifty-eight, and Colonel of a Pennsylvania regiment.--Jinny, I have to go."
}
] |
5393
|
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|
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|
[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Jinn, said the Colonel,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I reckon you will have to go to your Aunt Lillian. It--it will be hard. But I know that my girl can take care of herself. In case--in case I do not come back, or occasion should arise, find Lige. Let him take you to your Uncle Daniel. He is fond of you, and will be all alone in Calvert House when the war is over. And I reckon that is all I have to say. I won't pry into your heart, honey. If you love Clarence, marry him. I like the boy, and I believe he will quiet down into a good man."
}
] |
5393
|
Unknown Title
|
Unknown Author
|
[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Sposin' I was to go to N' Orleans an' take sick and die, Laik a bird into de country ma spirit would fly."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Supper, Miss Jinny. Laws, if I ain't ramshacked de premises fo' you bof. De co'n bread's gittin' cold."
}
] |
16727
|
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|
[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "What we have got to do, says Lord ROTHERMERE,"
}
] |
16727
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|
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|
[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Fore."
}
] |
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