I never heard of such a thing." "I don't care anything about the butter and the tea," rejoined Amanda, "but I 'most feel as if I'd better go home to-morrow." "If," said Mrs.Babcock, "you want to go home instead of gittin' the good of that excursion ticket, that you can stay a week on, you can, Amanda Pratt.

I'm goin' to stay now, if it kills me.".