“What is your name, my little friend?”
“Spratt, sir.”
“Where do you reside?”
“I have no home at present, sir.”
“Did you get on board this boat at Memphis?”
“No, sir.”
“Where did you get on?”
“At Friar’s Point, sir.”
“Where are you going to get off?”
“I do not know what point I shall stop at—that depends on circumstances.”