December 19. Cold as time. Went to a sosiable tonite at the
Unitarial vestry. cant go again because Keene told mother i was
impident to the people. i want impident. you see they was making
poetry and all sitting around the vestry. they wanted to play
copenhagin and post office and clap in and clap out, but Mister Erl
woodent let them because it was in church. so they had to play
poetry. one person wood give a word and then the oppisite person
wood give a word that rimed with it. it was auful silly. a girl wood
give the word direxion and then a stewdcat wood say affexion and
waul his eyes towards the girl. and then another wood say miss, and
another stewdcat wood say kiss and then he wood waul his eyes, and
when it came my turn i said what rimes with jellycake, and the girls
turned red and the stewdcats looked funny, and Mister Burley said
if i coodent behave i had better go home. Keene needent have told
mother anyway. You jest wait Keene, and see what will happen
some day.

December 20. Bully skating. went after school and skated way up to
the eddy, was going to skate with Lucy Watson but Pewt and Beany
hollered so that i dident dass to. John Toomey got hit with a hockey
block rite in the snoot and broke his nose.

December 21. Brite and fair. nothing particular to-day. nobody got
licked. old Francis had his hand done up in a sling. he said he had
a bile on it. i tell you the fellers were glad.

December 22. Warm and rany and spoiled the skating. coodent do
anything but think of Crismas.