if i ask them they say a little boy should be seen and not Herd deer Ant i don't want to be seen i drather be Herd how be i goin' to find out things if they won't tell me, Youre shure nuff you answer questions deer Ant i like you and we want you to come here a visitin so no more
"remaining your respected friend,
"JACK.
"P. S.
"I want you to come here a visitin the worst kind,
"your obedient servant
"JACK.
"P. S. agin
"ma told me to tell you to come wednesday for shure
do come to see your respected cousin JACK.
"P. S. agin
"Ma is goin to have a party and wants you to stay
all night and so duz yours truly JACK.
"P. S. ma told me to ask you and unkel Josiah to come
P. S. be sure and come J."
Well, a letter come from Tamer by the same mail or
mails, by Ury, brung in by Josiah.
Jack wuz in the right on't. Tamer wuz goin' to have a afternoon party of the Allen race and dynasty and wanted Josiah and I to be sure and come and stay all night, for the rest wuz comin' and goin' by train and stage, and they would all go home that night but us and mebby Celestine, and she begged Josiah and me to stay a few days. Well, bein' through with his hardest work and owin' the visit, Josiah consented to go and we sot off in good season and arrove there about ten A. M. We see the house looked real stirred up when we got there, the winders open above and below, and the piazzas on
