Well, that time I went to bed a little airlier than common, for I felt considerable sleepy, and considerable strange too; so as soon as I cleverly could, I off and turned in.
"Well I am an airly riser myself.

I always was from a boy, so I waked up jist about the time when day ought to break, and was a thinkin' to get up; but the shutters was too, and it was as dark as ink in the room, and I heer'd it rainin' away for dear life.

'So,' sais I to myself, 'what the dogs is the use of gittin' up so airly?
I can't get out and get a smoke, and I can't do nothin' here; so here goes for a second nap.' Well I was soon off agin in a most a beautiful of a snore, when all at once I heard thump-thump agin the shutter--and the most horrid noise I ever heerd since I was raised; it was sunthin' quite onairthly.
"'Hallo!' says I to myself, 'what in natur is all this hubbub about?
Can this here confounded old house be harnted?
Is them spirits that's jabbering gibberish there, or is I wide awake or no ?' So I sets right up on my hind legs in bed, rubs my eyes, opens my ears and listens agin, when whop went every shutter agin, with a dead heavy sound, like somethin' or another thrown agin 'em, or fallin' agin 'em, and then comes the unknown tongues in discord chorus like.

Sais I, 'I know now, it's them cussed navigators.

They've besot the house, and are a givin' lip to frighten folks.