"How would you like to be washed clean, and have all the supper your skin could hold, and sleep in a good bed ?" "Aw, gee!" said Billy.

"I ain't dead yet! Them things is in heaven! Poor folks can't have them.

Pa said so." "Well, you can have them if you want to go with me and get them," promised Sinton.
"Honest ?" "Yes, honest." "Crost yer heart ?" "Yes," said Sinton.
"Kin I take some to Jimmy and Belle ?" "If you'll come with me and be my boy, I'll see that they have plenty." "What will pa say ?" "Your pa is in that kind of sleep now where he won't wake up, Billy," said Sinton.

"I am pretty sure the law will give you to me, if you want to come." "When people don't ever wake up they're dead," announced Billy.

"Is my pa dead ?" "Yes, he is," answered Sinton.
"And you'll take care of Jimmy and Belle, too ?" "I can't adopt all three of you," said Sinton.