"I HAD to give that bread to a--to a poor ole man.

He was starving and so were his children and his wife.

They were all just STARVING--and they couldn't wait while I took time to come and ask you, Mamma.

I got to GO outdoors this afternoon.

I GOT to! Sam's--" She relented.
In the carriage-house, half an hour later, Penrod gave an account of the episode.
"Where'd we been, I'd just like to know," he concluded, "if I hadn't got out here this afternoon ?" "Well, I guess I could managed him all right," Sam said.