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January [Centered] Tuesday, Monday 28 28 [Left] 1873

We have got recreation and also priveleges for the day! Spend most of the afternoon down at the village. In the morning I practiced my speech. This is the last day. I will be free till next year. Part of my time was employed looking at the "sun," not the heavenly sun but the worldly or [???] sun; still another bad attempt. My many efforts to free space -where- [???] is something like the youth who [???] to sing or play upon any weatherment pervaded his fair one with duties [???] so sweetly that-where. He went to cross the fence he found that he had gathered recently five animals rejoicing with the sweetly sounding names of [???]. Flutter more as that young man at the neglect of [???] new advocates of musical talent shoot up and left [???] with this [???]. I will do the [???]. no sooner paid them it was done and with a winking of the eye I was in my bed and fast asleep.

[Centered] Wednesday, Tuesday 29.

Today I am to speak. After a long waiting of over a month the day has at last arrived. Even the hover is at [???]. Papa, Mary, Uncle Williams and Aunt Sue are prepared. The music begins. The opening song "The [???] Chimes" is [???] and H.A. forms steps upon the blade. He gets through splendidly. [???] Dowd is next and gets through well. A piano solo and Tom Fallon presents his "[???] of [???]". And now it is my turn. Before I know where I am I am speaking. Alice put me in wrong place makes me [???] or three papers. Unknown to anyone except those who have heard my speech three or four times, I entrace go back not one word of prompting. I done to papa's poetry as I [???] I am enthusiastically clapped. I come down [???] great applause. I have done well. Papa and all are pleased. Hurrah! H.A. Barley, M.D. Downes, F.D. [???] and J.R> Aveille follow me in speeches well delivered. The afternoon exhibition is over. The long dreaded moment has come has gone and I am still alive. The evening everything was as good as the afternoon all doing excellently. But to adopt a common phrase, [???]

[Centered] Thursday Wednesday, 30. When both the exhibitions were over we adjourned to the dining room where we sat down to a ladle loaded with [???]. There were six different kinds of wine. Some after the boys were seated [???] the gift of the class fifteen volumes of Shakespeare to another class [???]. We passed a splendid evening and it was not until this morning that we retired [???]. But do not be shocked it was the [???] hour in the morning [???] to the lunch of the day. For rather we or better still all the boys got up at seven o'clock. Julie Dale for us. On the Doctor [???] fact-everybody was in such good humor the class asked to [???] home for a day in two at the least. Imagine our surprise when he informed us we could go about only on condition that we would return the same day. Here was but a poor alternative. However we chose the lesser evil of the two and fell. When reached out house I found all waiting for me. They thought I was coming home for a few days and when I lied that the real state of the case great were the [???]. Hall and [???]