father hollered
for me and i dident hear him. then they went over
to Beanys and i wasent there and Beanys mother
sed i hadent been there. then they come through
old Mrs. Seeveys yard and then into Pewts and we
were playing coram. then J Ward sed here are the
devils and father sed dident you hear me holler and
i sed did you holler and looked at him sirprized and
father sed i hollered louder than a steem wissel and
i sed we were playing coram and making so mutch
noise that i gess it drownded your holler out. then
he sed how long have you been here and i sed ever
sence suppr.

then father sed Ward says you broak 2 winders in
his shop, and i sed how cood i when i have been
here evry minit. and father sed are you sure you
havent been out of this yard sence you come here,
now dont you lie to me and i sed hoap to die and
cross my throte have i Pewt have i Beany and Pewt
and Beany both hoaped to die and crossed there
throtes.

then father sed there Ward you see they coodent
have did it for it is twict as far as enn one of them
can throw and Ward he sed i dont know about that.
then father sed try boys and see how far you can
throw and try as hard as you can. so i pict up a
rock and let ding and nearly throwed my arm out
of goint and it went clear across Mrs. Seeveys yard
into Beanys and then Pewt he throwed clear over
Beanys house into old Heads yard and beat me and
Beany throwed into his yard but not so far as i did.
then old Ward he sed we dident try and father sed
if you can throw across Mrs. Seeveys yard and into
Watsons yard, Watson is Beanys father you know,
i will pay for them winders even if Harry dident
brake them.

then old J Ward he sed all rite George i will show
these boys what i can do and he took off his long
taled coat and roled up his sleaves and hunted round
for a rock and then he let ding and the rock went
sideways rite towards Mrs. Seeveys house and went
rite throug one of her kichen winders and the minit
it went in she come out yapping who has broak my
winder and old J. Ward stood with his mouth open
and one hind leg in the air where he had drawed it
up when he saw the rock going towerds the winder.
so when she hollered who broak my winder he put
his hind leg down and stutered and sed i gess i done
it maam and she sed what did you do it for? aint
you got enny better business than to go round
throwing rocks throug peeples winders and he sed
i was jest showing these boys how to throw a stone