"Paul Palmer."
"That sounds like a story name."
"But it's my real name, for all that."
"Do you expect to make your fortune out there?"
"I don't know. I hope to find something to do."
"You're pretty young to be travelin' alone."
"Yes; I am only sixteen."
"Have you got money enough to keep you along till you get something to do?"
"I think I can get along."
"If you get into any trouble, just call on Jim Scott—that's me—and I'll see you through."