"You'll get pinched the first thing, if you try it. In the first place there are no railroad trains running across to Europe, so how are you going to cross the little duck pond; swim across?"
"How do others cross it; can't I ride over in a boat?"
"Of course you can but it will cost you lots of money, and where are you going to get it?"
"What's the matter with earning it or getting a job on a steamer; didn't you do it?"
"Of course I did; but the steamship companies hire their help on the other side of the ocean, not on this side."
"Go on, Billy; you are giving me a fairy tale."
"No, I'm not," earnestly responded Billy; "it's true as preaching."
I doubted just the same.
"You say I can't beat my way when I get across to Europe; why not?"