Me and Billy

Life at Deacon Smith''s Home for Waifs would be completely dreary if it weren''t for Possum''s best friend, Billy, who "thinks up lies faster than he can talk" and provides plenty of excitement for the other boys. When Billy hears that gold is hidden in the mountains—"Great big chunks of it, some of ''em big as your fist"—he plans to escape, taking Possum with him. The two runaways embark on a jou...