He sent a basket of food to Belle and Jimmy, bought Billy a pair of trousers, and a shirt, and went to bring Elnora.
"Why, Uncle Wesley!" cried the girl.

"Where did you find Billy ?" "I've adopted him for the time being, if not longer," replied Wesley Sinton.
"Where did you get him ?" "Well, young woman," said Wesley Sinton, "Mr.Brownlee told me the history of your lunch box.

It didn't seem so funny to me as it does to the rest of them; so I went to look up the father of Billy's family, and make him take care of them, or allow the law to do it for him.

It will have to be the law." "He's deader than anything!" broke in Billy.

"He can't ever take all the meat any more." "Billy!" gasped Elnora.
"Never you mind!" said Sinton.