then father and Mister Watson marched us up to old Hobbs
and made us beg his pardon and old Hobbs told father we was the wirst
boys in town and father aught to whale the life out of us, and then we
went down to Pewts and had to beg his pardon for getting him a licking
and then we went over to mister Heads and begged his pardon two. then
father took me into the kichin and give me a licking for eech doorbell
that we rung. he give me a good one for Missis Sawyer becaus she was a
woman and he said we dident have enny bizness to plage a woman, and he
give me a prety good one for 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.
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