“Do you like it?”
“No; I’m tired of it.”
“How do you make your livin’?”
“As we can. We often go hungry.”
“Why don’t your father settle down somewhere?”
Tony thought of disclaiming the relationship implied, but he reflected that Rudolph would be angry, and merely answered:
“He prefers to travel round.”
“Was you ever in New York?” asked Abner.
Do you mean the city of New York? Yes.”
“I’d like to see it,” said Abner, regarding Tony with new respect. “I’ve heard a sight about it. It’s powerful big, isn’t it?”