It was about seven o'Clock in the Morning when we set out on this [29]important Business, and the first House we came to was Farmer Wilson's. See here it is.
Here Margery stopped, and ran up to the Door, Tap, tap, tap. Who's there? Only little goody Two-Shoes, answered Margery, come to teach Billy. Oh Little Goody, says Mrs. Wilson, with Pleasure in her Face, I am glad to see you, Billy wants [30]you sadly, for he has learned all his Lesson. Then out came the little Boy. How do doody Two-Shoes, says he, not able to speak plain. Yet this little Boy had learned all his Letters; for she threw down this Alphabet mixed together thus:
b d f h k m o q s u w y z
a c e g i l n p r t v x j
and he picked them up, called them by their right Names, and put them all in order thus:
a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o
p q r (s) s t u v w x y z.
[Post-processor's note: (s) is an old-English style non-terminating letter "s".]
She then threw down the Alphabet of Capital Letters in the Manner you here see them.
B D F H K M O Q S U W Y Z
A C E G I L N P R T V X J.