Bill becaus Bill was a prety good feller,
and he only hit me one lick for old Hobbs becaus he was mad at what old
Hobbs said and he dident hit me a lick for mister Head becaus Pewt got
licked for it and he said Pewt had aught to have been licked so many
times when he dident that one licking one way or the other woodent make
much diference. the wirst was when i had to beg Pewts pardon. i wood
rather get 2 lickings.

Aug. 26, 186- Brite and fair. tonite i asked father about him and Gim
Melcher staying out all nite and he laffed and said it was trew. then i
asked him how menny times he did it and he said all the times he wanted
to becaus his father thougt he was a beter boy then he was. well i asked
him if i cood stay out all nite sum time and he said no. then he said i
woodent dass to and i said i bet i wood. then he said i cood if i
wanted to and then mother she said George are you crasy and he said no
but he gessed after i had been out a while i wood be homesick. so after
super i asked Beany and Beany he asked his father and he told his father
what father said and bimeby Mister Watson Beanys father he said Beany
cood stay out if i cood. so we are going to stay out Monday nite.

Aug. 27. brite and fair. nothing but church.

Aug. 28. rany as time. jest the luck. i coodent sleep enny last nite
thinking about staying out all nite. ennyway i dident go to sleep til
most morning and when i woke up it was raning hard, and it raned hard
all day. it has stoped now. they wasent enny fun today.

Aug. 29. brite and fair. i am wrighting this in the morning becaus i
shall be to bizzy tonite to wright ennything. i bet me and Beany will
have sum fun. last nite father said they was a tiger got out of a
circus and he kind of thougt it was somewhere in the Eddy woods. i aint
afrade. Beany aint neether.

Aug. 30. brite and fair. i gess i wont try to stay out all nite agen. it
aint enny fun. yesterday afternoon mother made me go to bed so i woodent
be sleepy at nite and Beanys mother she did two. i coodent sleep and
bimeby i got up and stuck my head out of the window and looked over to
Beanys house and Beany he was looking out of his window and bimeby
Potter and Cawcaw went by with their fish poles and you bet i wanted to
go two, but i had to stay in my room. so Beany and i begun to holler
acrost to each other and i made up this poitry about Beany,

fat pork and beens
thats what it meens
that Beanys got the belyake
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