Year: 1865

go n fuSt- lie door to IL was Oh IRON
the hinges, and | told the young ones tc
set it up close, and put cheer aginst 1t
naterly, | Expected they'd obey me-sC
went to taking off my hair and pulling
out my '.rat, when / heard a giggling
Jest outside. and on looking at the door
seed that it didn't shet by as much 3:
two inches, and that space was full OF
eyes peeping in at me.


Mother. motherr' called one of the
boys: this woman is a peeling her head
Quick quick! only see her!


was mad, and afore / thought OF
anything about the condition of the door
/ grabbed hold Of it to open it, and
down il went bang into the floor, knock
ing over five children, two cheers, a cat,
table full of crockery, pole of chick
eys that was a roosting in the kitchen,
ana nigh about stunding all creation.


| apollergised as well as | could, and
Explained to the folffs that l warn't used
to undressing before so many spectators
and they sent the children off TO bed.


/ was real mortified For widder
woman that may think of marrying agin
some time, to be ketched taking off her
false hair that everybody thinks is her
own material locks, is too bad.


Howsomever, | comforted myself up
with the idee that there arint no onmar-
ried men about the house. When L fin
ished undressing, l hung my clothes out
of the winder TO make room for aunt
Peggy to come in; and half hour af
terward we were within the arms of
Morphus.


We started early the next morning.
and by driving the old mare hard, we
managed to git to the Glen House about
dark That is nice tavern rite at the
feet of Mount Washington.


There was black bear chained in
front of it to prevent people from rob
bing the clothes line and hen houses.
Bounce he flew rite at the bear; but arter
he'd lost mouthful of hair and skin, he
was glad to come back and behave his
self


| asked the landlord if he could put
us up. He sed he was sorry, but he was
full | asked him if he couldn't give us
a bed on the floor He said it was out
of the question. Then | asked him If
| couldn't roost somewheres. He
scratched his head mint, and sed we
might have the dining room table.


He led off the old mare, and we went
into the house. The floors everywhere
was kivered with people, wrapped up in
sharls, blankets, and comfortables, and
snoring like all possessed.


We eat our supper, and then L got the
and the braided rug out OF
the Wagon, and by the help of cheer
we hoisted ourselves on to the table and
turned in. l soon got to sleep, and
dreamed that old Capt. Chamberlain was
a irving to kiss me, and in the skrim
mage | thrashed over, and off rolled
rite onto fat man who was laying
close by the table, snoring loud enutf TO
split the universe.


| knocked the snore clean out of him,
and smashed his watch crystal, and his
patent double barrened squizzing glass
all to flinders, and scraped all the skin
off from my left elbow.


The fat man yelled dreadfully, and
skeered some of the people nigh about
out of their wits Most of 'em thought
the house was atire, and the way they
gathered up their baggage was lively


As soon as morning came, l made my
toilight rs well as l could, though L had
a pretty tough time to make my rat
look decent with so many folks staring
at me. As for a looking glass, l hadn
seen my face sense | left home.


| asked the landlord what about go
ing up onto the top of Washington, for
hadn't a great while to stay.


He sed that most people went up in
kerridges that belonged to the hotel
though some folks purfurred to go with
their own teams.


I told him / should go with my own
team then: | was acquainted with the
old mare, and she was acquainted with
me. He advised me to leave my bag
IL 1T tOlI him, I'd
rather have it under my own eye.


We started real airly. The sun WASH
more up afore we was on the kerridge
road. Ever seen it? If you haint,
you've Jest missed seeing one of the
slickest roads in the country. Its about
nine miles long. and jest as smooth and
even as yer parlor floor. But it's awful
up hill,


They made us pay some money Tor
going onto the road ut a little house, by
a bridge. down ut the bottom of the
mountain. l told EN- / thought that
was mean when we'd come so fur-but
law, You can't ixpect mean man TO be
born over agin into Il ginerous one.


The sun come out pretty hottlsh, and
afore we'd gone more'n q mile that hoss
was as wet rs if she'd been dipped in the
river. Aunt Peggy and l got out and
travelled afoot piece. And after s
spell, took out a couple of my band
boxes and lugged them to tighten the
load and aunt Peggy she did the same
by her yalees, and the pail of pickles
Bounce he trudged on behind; and sor-
rier-looking dog you never seed Every
mite of the wag had gone out of his tail
and his ears hung down like two wiIted
cabhaUe-leayes


1t was e'enamost sunset when we got
to the top, and the old mare was clean
tuckered out For the last half mile
had TO hawl her by the bride, and aunt
Peggy she pushed behind.


We couldn't see nothing but couple
OF houses bilt out OF rocks; and lots
more of rocks laying all round. jest s.
somebody had csrted EN- there for stone
wall


l slept tip top that night in the Tip,
Top House, or the Summit, I've forgo,
which. There was two of en- there, and
l disrimember tother from which The
morning was clear. We seed sight OF