G-dish. She had a skin somewhat the color of leather, and wore a leather-colored dress, gold beads, a brass-topped comb, and gold ear-drops, like upside down exclamation points. I thought she looked a little like a sheepskin book father had in a gilt binding. "This little creeter got left by the train, Harr'et; I don't see but we shall have to eat and sleep her. What say?" "Eat and sleep me!" I took a step backward. Of course they did not mean what they said; but I thought joking on this occasion was in very poor taste. "Got left over? Poor little dear!" The woman stopped her work to pity me,