nd Pewt said he dident and his father said he dident
beleeve him and was going to lick time out of him if he had and he did
it. Pewt was prety mad and i was prety surprized you bet. this afternoon
they was a thunder storm. after it was over we went fishing but dident
get a bite.

Aug. 17. brite and fair. went up to Whacks this morning and Boog and
Puzzy had 2 fites. neether licked becaus old miss Finton come out and
stoped them. Boog got a bludy nose the second fite. in the afternoon i
went fishing with Cawcaw. i dident get a chance to tip him over but we
cougt 5 pikeril. tomorow nite me and Beany are going to ring sum
doorbells.

Aug. 18. clowdy but no rane. jest the rite day to go fishing. i was
going with Cawcaw but he was sick becaus he et to many apples up to
Whacks. tonite Beany coodent go out of the yard becaus he dident split
sum kindlings so we dident ring enny doorbells. it was a prety meen day.
all the fun i had was going in swiming.

Aug. 19. prety hot today. i went in swiming 5 times. sumthing is the
matter with my eyes i keep winking them all the time. father keeps
saying stop batting your eyes. i gess it is becaus i keep opening my
eyes under water to see things on bottum. father says if i dont stop it
i shant go in swiming enny more.

Aug. 20. it raned this morning so hard that i dident have to go to
church. buly.

Aug. 21. brite and fair. tonite me and Beany rung old Missis Sawyers
bell. when she come out with the lamp we run into Pewts yard and then
into Nat Weeks. she went in and come out agen with a shorl on and went
rite over to mister Purintons and nocked at the door. we was near enuf
to hear evrything. when Pewts father come to the door she said i think
things has come to a prety pass if peeple cant keep there boy from
trubling there nabors. and then Mr. Purinton Pewts father said what is
the matter and Missis Sawyer she said your boy has been ringing my
doorbell and Pewts father he said how do you know he did it and Missis
Sawyer she said i see him run rite into your yard. and so Pewts father
he come out and went round the yard but coodent find ennybody. so he
said praps it was the Watson boy or the Shute boy and she said praps it
was becaus she had heard they was prety bad boys. then Pewts father said
it was a mersy if they dident both get into jale and she said she gessed
the Shute boy was a trial to his father and mother and Pewts father he
said he gessed the Watson boy was two. then he