I ain't a-goin' to stay here in this country no longer.

See here." He pulled out an old bag and poked it into Keith's hand.

"I've got sixteen dollars and twenty-three cents there.

I made it, and while the other boys were spendin' theirn, I saved mine.

You can pour it out and count it." Keith said he would go and see his father about it the next day.
This did not appear to satisfy Dave.
"I'm a-goin' whether he says so or not," he burst forth.