"I aint got any money."
"I never knew you when you did have," said the newsboy.
"I aint lucky," said Johnny.
"You won't be till you're a little smarter than you are now. What are you going to do?"
"I dunno," said Johnny. "I wish Mr. Taylor was in this city."
"What for?"
"He used to give me money most every day," said Johnny.
"I don't want anybody to give me money," said Rough and Ready, independently. "I can earn my own living."
"I could get a place to tend a paper-stand, if I had good clo'es," said Johnny.
"Why don't you go to work and earn enough money to buy some, then?" said the newsboy.