"It takes a lot of thinkin', and I ain't used to thinkin'.
Some day, mebbe, I'll get you to give _me_ a hand in figgerin' out some worries." "Business worries ?" "No.

I got enough of them, an' more comin', but it ain't that.

We're goin' to have a heap of money, and"-- he looked up with straightforward eyes--"we ain't goin' to lose it, if I have my way.

We've rubbed along, half starved, all our lives, an' done without things till we're--Well, look at us! I reckon we've made you laugh.

Oh, I bet we have! Ma an' me can stand it, but, mister, I don't want folks to laugh at my children, and there's other things I don't want to happen to 'em.