he wood not run a bit but wood jest stand and plug and once
when Clifford tride to put him over he coodent do it. it was a buly
fite.

Feb. 23. Brite and fair. Gosh what do you think i am going to get a
prise in school. last nite i had to go down to old Tom Connors store to
get some carosene and old Francis was going down town with Perry Molton
and they was talking about who was the best fellers in school and who
they was going to give the prises. i lissened and old Francis said
Potter and Nipper and Pricilla was going to have prises, only he dident
call them Potter and Nipper and Pricilla, but Arthur and Jonny and
Charlie, then he said they is one boy who is as smart as enny of them
only he dont study much and i had to shake him up laitly and he is doing
better now, then Perry he said who is it, and old Francis said i gess i
wont tell you his name for he may disapoint me, but he lives on Court
Street. i tell you it made me feel all tremly. it coodent be Pewt or
Beany becaus they miss there lesons most every day and they aint enny
other fellers living on Court Street so it must be me, becaus old
Francis shook me and Medo Thirsten up day before yesterday and Medo
lives on South Street. Gosh wont father be sirprized i nearly got a
prise once when Fliperty Flannygan marked my words all rite and i wood
have got it if it hadent been for Gimmy Fitsgerald. but this time i am
going to get it. i bet the folks will think i am quite a feller.

Feb. 24. Brite and fair. i dident miss in school today. tonite i staid
in and studied. Pewt and Beany come round and were mad becaus i woodent
come out.

Feb. 25. Rany. i got 9 xamples rite today out of 10, but i missed in
speling. it aint often i miss in speling.

Feb. 26. i took a book today to church and studied.

Feb. 27. Rany again. i dident miss in ennything today. i told mother
today that i was going to get a prise if i dident disapoint him. so she
told father tonite and he said he dident beleive it. he said he had
nearly a buchel of prises he got in school and he give them to the
fellers to ware in a torchlite percession and they kept them. he said he
give all his prise books to the sunday school. he said when he put on
all his meddles and walked out they gingled jest like slaybells and
glitered so they scart horses. aunt Sarah laffed and said the only
prises he wore were black and blew ruler marks that old mister Ellis
give him and he got enuf of them to, and she said tell Har