"'Little girl,' most always. Margaret was grown into quite a big girl when I was born, so I was the little girl."
"Well—that's pretty, too. And where are you living?"
"In First Street."
"Why, that's way up-town! And—let me see—you did live at Yonkers? I've never been there. Is it a town?"
"We lived on a great big farm. And oh, the Croton water pipe came right across one corner of it."
"Ah, you should have seen the celebration! Such a wonderful, indescribable thing!"
"Margaret came down and most of the boys. Mother said I would be crushed to death."
"And she couldn't spare her little girl! Well, I don't blame her. Do you go to school?"
"No, ma'am, not yet." All the children but the very rough ones said "no, ma'am," and "yes, ma'am," in those days. "But I did go at Yonkers."
"And what did you learn."