Did you git lost ?" "No." She said she got onto the right car and the conductor wuz a dretful handsome and fascinatin' man, and she went to git off at the right street, and kinder backed off, she always duz git off that way, and the conductor thinkin' she wanted to git on, he smiled so sweet and held out his hand to help her on so she would git on again.

And that happened over and over.

She not wantin' to hurt his feelin's and slight him by not takin' holt of his hand and climbin' on agin.

Till finally she did show some good sense, she asked the man standin' on the platform if he would help her off, for she had been tryin' to git off for the last five stations.

So she had to take a car back, but the conductor wuz humbly and gruff and she got along all right, but it belated her.
Sez I, "What made you do it, Blandina ?" "Oh," sez she, "he looked so winnin' and invitin' I didn't want to hurt his feelin's." Sez I, "You'll sup sorrer yet, Blandina, by your wantin' to obleege everybody.