I waited ten minutes or more for one to come, and finally I asked a woman who was in tow of an astrakhan-trimmed dog at the end of a chain, if the omnibuses had stopped runnin'.

When I fust see the dog leadin' her I thought she was blind, but I guess she was deef and dumb instead.

Anyhow, all she said was 'Ugh!' not very enthusiastic, at that, and went along.

Ho! ho! So then I asked a man, and he pointed to a bus right in front of me.

You see, I was lookin' for the horses, same as they used to be, and this was an automobile.
"I blushed, I guess, just to show that there was some red underneath the green, and climbed aboard the omnibus.