we wood all plug together jest as hard as we cood
plug and then lissen hard. we cood tell by the sound
when they wood hit on the roofs or not. bimeby
we herd the gingle of glass 2 times. then we begun
to play coram and kep hollering and laffin. then
we herd J. Ward Levitt holler who in hell is firing
rocks through my winders. then he hollered to
father and sed George look here and see what your
dam boy has been up to and we herd father say
what is it Ward and Ward sed he has broak 2 winders
in my shop and you have got to pay for them.
then father sed all rite. if he done it i will pay but
if he hasent done it i wont. so ferst father hollered
for me and i dident hear him. then they went over
to Beanys and i wasent there and Beanys mother
sed i hadent been there. then they come through
old Mrs. Seeveys yard and then into Pewts and we
were playing coram. then J Ward sed here are the
devils and father sed dident you hear me holler and
i sed did you holler and looked at him sirprized and
father sed i hollered louder than a steem wissel and
i sed we were playing coram and making so mutch
noise that i gess it drownded your holler out. then
he sed how long have you been here and i sed ever
sence suppr.
then father sed Ward says you broak 2 winders in
his shop, and i sed how cood i when i have been
here evry minit. and father sed are you sure you
havent been out of this yard sence you come here,
now dont you lie to me and i sed hoap to die and
cross my throte have i Pewt have i Beany and Pewt
and Beany both hoaped to die and crossed there
throtes.
then father sed there Ward you see they coodent
have did it for it is twict as far as enn one of them
can throw and Ward he sed i dont know about that.
then father sed try boys and see how far you can
throw and try as hard as you can. so i pict up a
rock and let ding and nearly throwed my arm out
of goint and it went clear across Mrs. Seeveys yard
into Beanys and then Pewt he throwed clear over
Beanys house into old Heads yard and beat me and
Beany throwed into his yard but not so far as i did.
then old Ward he sed we dident try and father sed
if you can throw across Mrs. Seeveys yard and into
Watsons yard, Watson is Beanys father you know,
i will pay for them winders even if Harry dident
brake them.
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