I've seen a lot of water go by since I was runnin' 'roun' a bare-footed boy in Tennessee.

I've ranged pretty far from east to west, an' all the way from Boston in the north to this old mission, an' that must be some thousands of miles.

An' I've had some big times in New York, too." "You've been in New York," said Ned, with quick interest.

"It must be a great town." "It is.

It's certainly a bulger of a place.