deep place and went down way under. when i came up Cawcaw was nearly ded
he laffed so. well i held onto my pole and swum to the shore it was only
3 stroaks and i sloshed up the bank and yanked that pikeril way into the
buches. he was a big one. Cawcaw did it purpose. sumtime i am going to
rock the bote sudding when Cawcaw is standing up skiping and he will go
into the river kerswash.

Aug. 8. hot as time. me and Beany rung sum more doorbells tonite. we
dident get cougt.

Aug. 9. brite and fair. Potter Goram can stuf birds, so they look jest
like they was alive. he stufed a red winged blackbird so good that the
cat et it and dide. and then Potter he skun the cat and stufed her. i
can skin the cat on the horizondle bar, that is another way.

Aug. 10. me and Beany rung sum more doorbells tonite. we rung old Heads
doorbell and then we tiptode round by the side of his house into Gim
Ellersons yard and laid down behind the current bushes. well jest as old
Head come piling out mad as time Pewt and Fatty Melcher come rite by and
old Head grabed for them and Fatty he run and Pewt got cougt and old
Head he jest lammed Pewt with his cain and Pewt holered he dident do it
and old Head said he did and then he give Pewt sum good bats and sent
him home balling. me and Beany most dide only we dident dass to laff out
loud. jest then father come out to see what Pewt was holering about and
he said what is the matter Orrin and Mister Head he said sum cussid boy
has been ringing my door bell most every nite and i cougt him tonite and
licked him good. and father he said who was it, and Mister Head he said
it was Brad Puringtons boy, and father said i am glad it wasent my boy
and mister Head he said i am glad two but i gess your boy woodent be
meen enuf to ring doorbells and father he said i gess he woodent eether
and then they went in and me and Beany we tiptode up Maple street and
down town and then back home jest as if we had been down town all the
time. that was a good one on Pewt. it made me think of the time Mister
Watson Beanys father licked Beany when we rung his doorbell and he came
to the door with a lamp and the wind blowed the lamp out and Mister
Watson he bumped his head on the door.

Aug. 11. brite and fair. i cant help laffing every time i think of Pewt
getting licked. it is a good one on Pewt.

Aug. 12. brite and fair. tonite me and Beany tride the same trick on
Nipper. we saw Nip go down town and we rung Bill Greenleefs be