Remember seeing Thompson
drawing on his boots and
indulged myself in the luxury
of anticupating the happiness of
wearing the same appendages
of a man at some future day.

Some man Newton or Stanton
I believe arrived cam[e] one
night late and with a load
of Key Oysters — piled them
up in the kitchen
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Remember seeing Thompson drawing on his boots and indulged myself in the luxury of anticupating the happiness of wearing the same appendages of a man at some future day.

Some man Newton or Stanton I believe came one night late with a load of Key Oysters — piled them up in the kitchen