But I won't touch it, I puts it away for Elbert.

I don't want to owe nothin' to nobody, for I'm payin' sich a big debt.

Elbert, when 'e comes back to me, 'e's going to be my payment to the world, an' it's got to be good money.

For Elbert left me after Sherrie went.

'E said as 'ow 'e was going 'ome, an' as 'ow 'e would come back to me in the Spring, an' stay with me always.
It wasn't like partin', e' ses, 'im an' me could never do thet.