ote his name under it jest as good as
he cood. i wanted to rite Nipper under it but old Francis wood paist
time out of me if he found out who rote it. you aught to hear Pricil
play and sing. he sings do your best for one another making life a
plesent dream, help a poor and weried brother puling hard agenst the
streem, and the old organ goes boom ya, boom ya, boom ya ya ya, that is
a prety song for a feller to sing whitch never will give the fellers the
core of his apple but always eats it hisself. well this afternoon i put
on my best close and my plad neckti and a new paper coller and went to
school erly. prety soon the people begun to come in. they was old Perry
Molton and old Nat Shute and Gewett Swazie the committy, and old Bil
Morrill with his hair curled under behind and Chick Chickerings father
and mother and docter Goram, Nippers father and mother and Pricillas
father and mother and lots of people and i thought father wasent coming
but bimeby he come in with his new britches that he made Erl and Cutts
give him and his boots blacked and aunt Sarah and Keene and Cele. Aunt
Sarah had got her best earings and her dolman with beeds and Keene and
Cele had on their bronze boots and there plad dresses and they got a
seet on the platform. Keene and Cele felt prety big becaus they was in
the seminary and Aunt Sarah felt prety big becaus she had on her earings
and her dolman and father felt prety big becaus i was going to get a
prise. well first old Francis said a prayer and everyone bowed there
heads and father bowed his two but i saw him peek out under his hand.
well then we all sung and Mary Emery plaid the organ. then our class
resited and Nipper xplained his sum about the geese and then Potter
spoke a peace and then Pricilla plaid and sung his peace. then there was
a dialog and then we sung sum more. then old Francis opened his desk and
took out a little riting desk and said it had been prety hard to tell
whitch was the best scolar becaus they was 3 boys who were so near
together. so he would give the riting desk to Arthur Goram and the glass
inkstand to Johnny Brown and the stamp colecters book to Charly Hobbs.
so when he give them Potter and Nipper and Pricilla stood up and bowd
and said thank you. if they had been so smart they aught to have a
speach ready. ennyway i had my speach all ready. then old Francis said
there was one boy who had grate talents and was a very brite boy but
owing to his fondness for play had no