The Great Ellipsis Mystery

Does anyone speak, ellipsis language? I just faced down a rough debate with a handout that "explained" what an ellipsis is and how and when to use it. Oh, sorry, an ellipsis is that dot dot dot at the end of an unfinished sentence. One cluster is an ellipsis and several of them are ellipses.

Why do you need to know that? As a reader . . . no reason I can think of. If you write, editors have this funny need to have things done correctly. So, just to help you out, I'll leave this dot interpretation.

1.  "Mary had a little lamb, its fleece were white. . . . Everywhere that Mary went, the lamb was sure to go."  
no space   dot (for the first dot would be the period that would have been at the end of the sentence if the sentence were complete) then, dot   space   dot   space   dot   space
2.  "Old Mother Hubbard, went to the cupboard, to get . . . a bone." 
space   dot   space   dot   space   dot   space  
3.  "The north wind doth blow and we shall have snow. What will poor robin do then. . . . Sit in barn and keep himself warm and hide his head under his wing. "
no space dot   space   dot   space   dot   space   dot   space   Capitol first word of next part regardless if it was the beginning of the original sentence.4.  What did you say? . . .
punctuation   space   dot   space   dot   space   dot
5.  "What do you think about . . .?"
space   dot   space   dot   space   dot   no space punctuation
6.  “Baa baa black sheep, have your any wool? Yes, sir, yes sir . . .”
space   dot   space   dot   space   dot   no space, then quote mark
7.  “Where, oh where, has my little dog . . .?”
space  dot   space   dot   space   dot no space quote
8.  “But . . .” James said, shook his head, and stepped away from her.s
space   dot   space   dot   space   dot   no space  quote mark
There you have it. If you can explain it more clearly or more correctly, PLEASE post a correction. A good writer always wants to learn correct ways of executing their craft.
Doris
Doris Gaines Rapp