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the adopted mother of us all,
asked me Friday night when
my birthday was, having remem-
bered that I had once told her that
it occured in the first week of
February. She wanted to have a
cake made in honor of the
event. And there I was! I wanted
the cake, Oh! so badly! yet if
I had told her "on the morrow"
every mother's son of the ones
gathered around that supper
table would have visited my
room bright and early Saturday
morning and would have conferred
upon me many "honorable mentions
in the form of various vigorous
blows upon the said right arm.

So I complacently told her that it
would occur on the 23rd of February -
and thereby saved my life
and lost my cake!!

Yesterday morning I studied
and after dinner did a little

the adopted mother of us all,
asked me Friday night when
my birthday was, having remem-
bered that I had once told her that
it occured in the first week of
February. She wanted to have a
cake made in honor of the
event. And there I was! I wanted
the cake, Oh! so badly! yet if
I had told her "in the [mirrors]"
every mother's son of the men
gathered around that supper
table would have visited every
room big & small every Saturday
morning and would have confessed
upon me many honorable mentions
in the form of [various sojourns?]
blows upon the said [?].

So I complacently told her that it
would occur on the 23rd of February -
and thereby saved my life
and lost my cake!!

Yesterday morning I studied
and after dinner did a little