Billy did not mind night noises and drinking--to be truthful, they were two of the allurements which had brought him townward--and whether a room were clean or not troubled him little; he would not see much of it.

His usual procedure while in town would, he suspected, seem very loose to Alexander P.Dill.It consisted chiefly of spending the nights where the noise clamored loudest and of sleeping during the day--sometimes--where was the most convenient spot to lay the length of him.

He smiled whimsically at the contrast between them and their habits of living.
"Much obliged," he said.

"I expect to be some busy, but maybe I'll drop in and bed down with yuh; once I hit town, it's hard to tell what I may do." "I hope you'll feel perfectly free to come at any time and make yourself at home," Mr.Dill urged lonesomely.
"Sure.

There's the old burg--I do plumb enjoy seeing the sun making gold on a lot uh town windows, like that over there.