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said less put some pepersass into the rest of the
creemcakes. so we did and then we went out and peeked through the
window. bimeby a man came in and set down and we saw Mister
Hirvey bring in some icecreem and some creemcakes. well we kept
peeking and the feller et one creemcake and we heard him say to Mister
Hirvey that they were the best creem cakes he ever et and then he took
another and took a hog bite out of it and then he jumped up and his
eyes buged out and he spit it out and begun to swear and drink water
and stamp round and Mister Hirvey said what is the matter and the man
spit some more and swore and said they was helfire in the creemcake,
and Mister Hirvey looked into it and said some one has put pepersass
into it and i bet i know who did it. when i heard him say that i ran
round the corner, but Beany waited too long and Mister Hirvey saw
him peeking in the window and came out lively. well Beany he ran
down into Toles yard as tite as he could go and Mister Hirvey came
hipering after him with his white apron on, i dident know he cood run
so fast. bimeby he came back holding Beany by the ear. Beany he wood
try to hold back until his ear nearly puled of and then he wood come
along. well Mister Hirvey snaiked him rite into his saloon and said, did
you put that pepersass into my creemcakes, and Beany he said he
dident, and Mister Hirvey said i dont want enny lying, and said that
Beany and the long leged Shute boy were the last ones in the place and
that one of us did it. and Beany he said he dident and he saw me with
the pepersass bottel in my hand and Mister Hirvey he said now you
have got to eat that creemcake or take a good licking and he took his
cane, and held Beany by the coller and said 1 and Beany dident eat it,

and then he said 2 and Beany dident eat it and then he said 3 and he hit
Beany a auful whack over the legs and Beany hollered like time and
held on to his legs, and then Mister Hirvey he said 1 again and Beany
dident eat it and he said 2 and Beany dident eat it and jest as he said 3
Beany he grabed it and took a bite and tride to swaller it and i thought i
shood die to see him, he spit and clawed at his mouth and he howled
and jumped up and down and then he ran over to Charles Toles pump
and rensed his mouth and drank out of the horse troth and Mister
Hirvey and the man like to dide laffing. i waited till they went in and
then i went over to see Beany and when i asked him how he liked the
creemcake he said i was a long leged puke. this was one of the times
that Beany got cought and i dident.
Oct. 10, 186- Sunday agen. brite and fair it never ranes sunday. father
went to church today. he woodent have gone if Keene and Cele hadent
been going to sing a duet. i dident want to go becaus i was afraid they
wood brake down, but father he said i had got to go and so i went. old
mister Blake who sets rite behind us droped his hym book and had to
bend way over to pick it up when he set up he hit his bald head a feerful
bump agenst the book rack. i nearly laffed out loud and had to hold on
to my mouth.
Oct. 11. J. Albert Clark is teaching Keene and Cele a new tune. Keene
sings the treble and Cele sings the alto. it is there is a bank where on
the wild time grows. at supper tonite i asked what wild time was and
aunt Sarah said it must be what father and Gim Melcher used to have.
then we all laffed and father told aunt Sarah she was geting so funny
that she wood have to wear a kerb bit and a martingail. ennyway it was
a good one on father.
Oct. 12. the wind blows feerful. father wants me to lern to sing a tune
with Keene and Cele. i dident want to but he said i had got to, so we
tried it, and i sung it rong every time. i sung it jest enuf rong to make
you feel crepey in your back, and father said if you cant sing better then