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Oh, how we hated him! and we'd have snowballed him, too, if we hadn't been afraid of the constable that lived next door. OH HOW WE HATED HIM AND WE'D HAVE SNOBLED HIM TOO IF WE HADN'T BEEN AFRAID OF THE CONSTABLE THAT LIVED NEXT DOOR
, but it don't seem to make no dif'rence--the darned ol' thing won't go!' Then, what did Simon Buzzell say but that, like's not, it was because Otis's sled's name was 'Snow Queen.' 'Never did see a girl sled that was worth a cent, anyway,' sez Simon. Well, now, that jest about broke Otis up in business. 'It ain't a girl sled,' sez he, 'and its name ain't "Snow Queen"! I'm a-goin' to call it "Dan'l Webster," or "Ol'ver Optic," or "Sheriff Robbins," or after some other big man!' An' the boys plagued him so much about that pesky girl sled that he scratched off the name, an', as I remember, it _did_ go better after that! "About the only thing," continued Joel, "that marred the harmony of the occasion, as the editor of the _Hampshire County Phoenix_ used to say, was the ashes that Deacon Morris Frisbie sprinkled out in front of his house. He said he wasn't going to have folks breakin' their necks jest on account of a lot of frivolous boys that was goin' to the gallows as fas' as they could! ORSELY GOOD NOW CAUSE I HAVE SAID OTIS BROKE MY OWN KNIFE AND LIT INGRAM IN DOING IT BUT IT DON'T SEEM TO MAKE NO DIFFERENCE TARN OLD THING WON'T GO THEN WHAT DID SIMON BUZZLE SAY BUT THAT LIKES NOT IT WAS BECAUSE OTIS'S SLED NAME WAS NO QUEEN NEVER DID SEE A GIRL'S LAD THAT WAS WORTH A SON ANYWAY SAYS SIMON WELL NOT THAT JESS ABOUT BROKE OTTERS UP IN BUSINESS IT AIN'T A GIRL'S LAD SAYS HE AND ITS NAME AIN'T NO QUEEN I'M A GOING TO CALL IT DAN'L WEBSTER OR OLIVER UPTIC OR SEVE ROBINS OR AFTER SOME OTHER BIG MAN AND THE BOYS PLUG HIM SO MUCH ABOUT THAT PESKY GIRL SLED THAT HE SCRATS OFF THE NAME AND AS I REMEMBER IT DID GO BETTER AFTER THAT ABOUT THE ONLY THING CONTINUED JOE THAT MARRED THE HARMONY OF THE OCCASION AS THE EDITOR OF HAMPSHIRE COUNTY PHOENIX USED TO SAY WAS THE ASHES THAT DEACON MORRIS FRISBIE SPRING OUT IN FRONT OF HIS HOUSE HE SAID HE WASN'T GOING TO HAVE FOLKS BREAKING THEIR NEXT CHEST ON ACCOUNT OF A LOT OF FRIVOLOUS BOYS THAT WAS GOING TO GALLOWS AS FAST AS THEY COULD
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