This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1884 edition. Excerpt: ... vii. he enjoys the german very much. I shot off the whole dossen ant Alices arrors without hitting the cat; it was too dark an late for me to go out to pick them up; Skyler says they cost 40 sense apeace. Sho. who wood have thot it! the old cat was not worth 4 dolars, 80 sense. Had I knone they cost so much I wood let the cat stay in the tree. Of all anknawing animals I think that cat beats all. She mus have a good many more'n nine lives the way she contrives to always fall on her feet. I read in the paper this week of one climed up by the ivy on a church roof an up the tour, till she mist her footing an fell 70 feet, an jus got up an walked grasefully away. I daresay it was Mr. Bunners. It wood be jus like her. When she tumbled out that tree las night I thot she wood be lame or sick to-day, but she came in the ary window this morning and helped herself to Margrets shad jus as cooly as if it was not the first in the market; it don't seem hardly worthwhile my breaking my soap-dish all to smash nocking her out the tree to have her steal our breakfast that way. Shad is a lucksury we ought not to give cats till they are lower in the market mother says, but she helped herself an so poor patrick had none. Well our long ecspected german came off last evening. I ot to be too tired to rite in my diary. but I am not. I went to bed urlier than I antispated My velvet coat an niccerbocers were very becoming. Daisys dress was a succes; ant Alice's was 2 shades of pink with lots of what do you call em all over it--she looked awfle prity. Skyler brot her a big bokay pink roses. The supper was elegant. it was a small an urly but they did not arrive very urly after all. only 24 cupples. 3 peaces of music, an lovely favors--everything went off butiful...