Well, as you prolly heard, I been ridin horses an learnin ropin from Juanita Perry.  She’s a reel good teacher.  She told me if’in I was reel good at it, I might be going to the city.  Well, I been practicin so now I am going on the train to Chicago!  Its a reel big thing I guess, so Im a bit scart, but she sad it was gonna be all rite so I ain’t to scart.  We have to go all the way to Pigs Eye Landing and then follow the Mississippi river.  I aint never seen neither.

We wuz riding the other dey and I gots throw from the horse.  Kind of took the wind from me and I sat on the grount for a while and darn if that ole horse didn’t jus stare at me like I wuz some kind of crazey!  Juanita tolt me to jus “shake it off” so i dusted off my britches and got back on that ole cuss.  Still got some sore to me cuz I aint so big, so the fall is a little farther than if my paw wuz to fall.  Aint seen much of my paw thou.  He kind of lent me out to work off some payment of sorts.  Not sure what that is all about, but Iz a hard worker and they feed me reel good. 

We been workin on a new chicken house and its coming along purty good.  Not sure why a chicken needs all that fancy work – seems ta me a good ole pile dirt of old sod house coulda done the job, but thats not the way its done I recon.  I kind of like sawing the boards and using them nails, but I ain’t reel good at not bending um.  I gets to paint it when its done and I am reel good at painting.  I even painted Dorthea Millers hair with some well ink at skool the other dey.  Boy, did I get a lickin for that one.

Iz hoping to use my new rifle pretty quick when the chores are done.  Gots me a new one for my birthdey and its reel purty.  I think they might have got it out of the catalog, cause it looks like it aint never been used.  I was so dern happy to get it, it wouldn’t matteret if it wood have ben 100 years old.  Caint wait to drop a few rabbits or maybe even a coon.  Boy, would they be surprised if I got a big ole coon.

Still kinda special on a gurl at skool but she don’t know it I dont think.  My paw used to sey dont get to special on a gurl cuz you might meet nother one ya like better and then you got a prolum.  Kind of get worked up round her, my tongue gets kinda twisted and I just kick the dirt and stuff.  Aint told he about my roping and gun spinning and stuff – didn’t figure it would impress her up.

Well, best get back to my chores for Tom Horn lerns I stopped to do some sypherin.