A bum doesn't walk all this way and back, on a hot day, unless for a handout.

And you--" "But a handout is just what I asked for," Gavin caught him up.
"When I brought Bobby Burns back I traded on the trifling little service by asking Miss Standish if I could get a job here.

It was impertinent of me, I know.

And I was sorry as soon as I'd done it.

But she told me, in effect, that you were 'firing, not hiring.' So I--" "Why did you want a job with me ?" insisted Standish.