"Why can't yer let me have de dollar?" questioned Billy. "I'll make it right wid yer, Nelse; take me word on it."
"How is it you haven't paid back that quarter I let you have?"
"I did pay it back."
"No, you didn't."
"Yes, I did. I—I give it to Sam one day to give to yer."
By the look on his face Nelson knew that the bully was falsifying.
"Sam never told me, and I guess he would if it was so. Now let me go."
"I want dat dollar first."
"You shan't have it."