the
records where i had droped them. he told Pewts
father and Beanys father and they thougt it
woodent hirt us to wurry and they told the 2 docters
and the docters sed they was all rite and it woodent
hirt them.

then father sed it was only fair that he and Pewts
father and Beanys father shood pay for eny damige
we had did. and Pewts father sed as long as i got
it up father had augt to pay. and father sed why
do you say that and Pewts father sed becaus he
always does get the other boys into truble and father
kind of smiled and handed the records to him
and sed whose writing is that.

and Pewts father looked at it and sed hum haw
and that was all he cood say. Father dident know
that i rote them becaus i cood spel so mutch better
than Pewt and Pewt coppid them.

then General Mastin sed Ike and Bill has maid
money by the fire and these little devils dident have
enything to do with that and that it cougt from hot
ashes enyway. now i am counsil for the boys and
i aint obliged to tell a thing about them or who they
are. a lawyer aint obliged to. i will put a peace in
the paper saying enyone whitch has sustaned eny
damige from the so called Terible 3 can by proving
there damige under othe to me will be pade. and
you may be sure that they aint a man living that
will be willing to sine the kind of a staitment i will
draw up for him, and General laffed and they all
did two.

then father asted General what his bill was and
General sed hell the only thing he wished was that
he cood have been a member of the Terible 3 and
if father wood give him that record to keep to look
at when things was going rong to cheer him up he
wood call it square. so father give them to him.
then i started to creap away and i cougt my foot
and come down with a bang and in a moment father
come out on the cleen gump and grabed me. then
he sed well sir what have you been doing lissening
and i sed yes sir and he sed you start yourself for
home and after Clarence and Elbrige, they is Pewt
and Beany you know, have had there supper i will
come hoam and atend to your case. so i come home
and i am wateing for him to come and lick me and
i dont cair. enybody whitch cant stand a licking
when he knows he has escaiped stait prizon aint
mutch of a feller. gosh aint it good to feel good.

November 16, 186---brite and fair. father dident
lick me. it is fun to be alive.

November 17, 186---Beany and Pewt has got well
again and has come to school today