I kept my own ticket right in my glove, and took 'most the whole care of myself.

Went to the Blind 'Sylum; found a pearl in an oyster; been 'way down in a coal mine; and--and--" "Come to my house, won't you, and tell me all about it ?" said Lina Rosenberg, looking as beguiling as possible, and taking Dotty's unresisting hand.
Dotty knew very well that her mother would never allow her to go to Lina's house; but she did not like to say that, and she only replied,-- "I've matched my worsteds, and now I must go home." "O, you can go home afterwards.

My mother said to me to-day, 'Do you bring Dotty Dimple home to supper this very night.

She'll be so glad to see you!'" Dotty gave another glance at the sky, then one at the city clock.
"What time do you drink tea, Lina ?" "At five, 'most always." Dotty had long felt a great curiosity about the domestic affairs of the Jews; and here was an unexpected opportunity to sit down at the very table with them.

She had an invitation from the head of the family, and that was something which did not happen every day.