“Gee, I thought nobuddy but poor guys slep’ outdoors.”

“It’s the poor guys that sleep indoors,” said Roy.

“Don’ de wind git on ye?”

“Sure—­gets all over you; it’s fine.”

“My father give me a raw hand-out, all right, and then some more.”

“Well, there’s no use fighting your pack.”

“Yer what?”

“Your pack—­as Dan Beard says.”

“Who’s he—­one o’ your crowd?”

“You bet he is. ‘Fighting your pack’ is scrapping with your job—­with what can’t be helped—­kind of. See?”