O, it was too bad! "I wish I hadn't come! I wish I'd been switched off!" sighed Dotty, meaning, if she meant anything, that she wished the cars had whirled her away to the ends of the earth, instead of bringing her home, where people were all ready with one accord to trample her into the dust.
"Here I've been 'way off, and know how to travel, and keep my ticket in my glove.

Six years old, going on seven.

Been down in a coal mine,--Prudy never'd dare to.

Had a jigger cut out of my side.

Been to the 'Sylum.
One of the conductors said, 'That's a fine little daughter of yours, sir.' I heard him.