and Ike was scart most to deth and said only a little way down here
sir and father said, move on sir and move dam lively and i nearly
died laffing to see Ike hiper. well after a while i see Ike coming
back with old Swane and old Kize the policemen. i tell you i was
scart but father only laffed and said you keep still and i will fix
it all right. so when they came up he said to old Kize what is the
trouble Filander and he said Mr. Shute here has been thretened by
some drunken rascal, and father looked aufuly surprised and said
that is an infernal shame, when did it happen Isak, and Ike said
about fifteen minits ago and father said we have been here about as
long as that and i dident see the scoundrel. how did he look Isak,
and Ike said i coodent see him very well George but he was a big man
and he had a awfu deep voice and father said did he stagger enny and
Ike said i coodent see wether he did or not but i cood tell he was
drunk by his voice. so old Swain and old Kize went down behind the
school house and off thru the carrige shop yard to see if they cood
find him, and me and father walked home with Ike to protect him and
father said now Isak if ennyone insults you again jest come to me
and if i can catch him i will break every bone in his body, and
father and Ike shook hands and Ike shook hands with me and then we
went home and father began to laff and laffed all the way home and
then he told mother and aunt Sarah and they said it was a shame to
play such a trick upon him and father laffed all the more and said
Ike hadent had so much exercise for a year and it wood do him good
and give him something to think about. ennyway they said it was a
shame to teech me such things, and father said he would rather i
wood be tuf than be like Ike, and Aunt Sarah said i never wood be
half as good as Ike for he never did a wrong thing in his life, and
father laffed and said he dident dass to for his mother wood shet
him in the closet. it was aufully funny, but i gess they was