his head and lugged him home in a hack. they say Bob Carter will
lose his place. me and Beany dont know what to do. if we dont tell,
Bob will lose his place and if we do we will get licked.

Mar. 12. Mister Stickney is all write today. gosh you bet me and
Beany are glad.

Mar. 13, 186- brite and fair. Mr. Gravel has bought old Heads
carrige shop. he is a dandy and wears shiny riding boots and a stove
pipe hat and a velvet coat and goes with Dan Ranlet and George
Perkins and Johny Gibson and the other dandies. i went down today
and watched Fatty Walker stripe some wheels.

Mar. 14. clowdy. Elkins and Graves had an oxion to-night. Beany got
ten cents for going round town ringing a bell and hollering oxion. i
went with Beany and it was lots of fun. Beany wouldent treet. he
says he is saving money for something. i know what it is it is a
valintine for Lizzie Tole. it was mean of Beany not to treet becaus
i did as much hollering as he did.

Mar. 15. The funniest thing hapened to-day you ever saw. after
brekfast me and father took a walk and then went and set down on the
hig school steps. father was telling me some of the things he and
Gim Melcher used to do. father must have been a ripper when he was
young. well ennyway while we was talking old Ike Shute came along
through the school yard. Ike wears specks and always carries a
little basket on his arm. he cant see very well, and father said to
me, now you jest keep still and you will see some fun and when Ike
came along father changed his voice so that it sounded awfully
growly and said where in the devil are you going with that basket,