and then Beany he made up this poitry about me,
Plupy Shute is meener than Pewt
and he is a prety meen galoot.
then mother made me go in a room on the other side of the house, but i
coodent sleep and she let me get up at super time. when father come home
he said the tiger had carrid of and et up a bull over to Kingston and he
gessed he was coming this way, but i wasent scart. well after super i
split my kindlings and me and Beany went down town. we went to doctor
Derborns store and got sum soda water and Beany he paid for it. then we
got sum goozeberries of old Si Smiths and i paid for them and then we
went over to Beanys and got a lot of sweet firn segars and then we went
down town agen. we went into stores and looked at things and we went
down to the warf and then we went acrost to the raceway and went in
swiming. it was kind of cold and we dident stay in very long. then it
began to be dark and we went back to water street and staid in the
stores til the nine oh clock bell rung and then we went back home. the
folks was all setting on the front steps. so me and Beany set down two
and bimeby the folks said they must go in and they all went in and shet
the door. it made me feel lonesum when i herd them lock the door. it
must be prety tuf on fellers whitch havent got enny home. then me and
Beany went over to his house and set on the steps til his folks went in
and shet the door and then we set on the fence under the gas lite and we
herd Nat Weeks come home and mister Gewell and bimeby Si Smith shet up
his store and then it begun to be loansum.
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