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These excursions were a great delight to the villagers, who thus enjoyed all the pleasures and excitements of a circus with none of its attendant expenses. THESE EXCURSIONS WERE A GREAT DELIGHT TO THE VILLAGERS WHO THUS ENJOYED ALL THE PLEASURES AND EXCITEMENTS OF A CIRCUS WITH NONE OF ITS ATTENDANT EXPENSES
ghters had come on from Boston and begged their father to let them put it in such order that they could take house parties of young people there for the week end. Mr. Hamilton indulgently allowed them a certain amount to be expended as they wished, and with the help of a local carpenter, they succeeded in doing several things to their own complete satisfaction, though it could not be said that they added to the value of the property. The house they regarded merely as a camping-out place, and after they had painted some bedroom floors, set up some cots, bought a kitchen stove and some pine tables and chairs, they regarded that part of the difficulty as solved; expending the rest of the money in turning the dilapidated barn into a place where they could hold high revels of various innocent sorts. The two freshman sons, two boarding-school daughters, and a married sister barely old enough to chaperon her own baby, brought parties of gay young friends with them several weeks in succession. HE SONS AND DAUGHTERS HAD COME ON FROM BOSTON AND BEGGED THEIR FATHER TO LET THEM PUT IT IN SUCH ORDER THAT THEY COULD TAKE HOUSE PARTIES OF YOUNG PEOPLE THERE FOR THE WEEK END MISTER HAMILTON INDULGENTLY ALLOWED THEM A CERTAIN AMOUNT TO BE EXPENDED AS THEY WISHED AND WITH THE HELP OF A LOCAL CARPENTER THEY SUCCEEDED IN DOING SEVERAL THINGS TO THEIR OWN COMPLETE SATISFACTION THOUGH IT COULD NOT BE SAID THAT THEY ADDED TO THE VALUE OF THE PROPERTY THE HOUSE THEY REGARDED MERELY AS A CAMPING OUT PLACE AND AFTER THEY HAD PAINTED SOME BEDROOM FLOORS SET UP SOME COTS BOUGHT A KITCHEN STOVE AND SOME PINE TABLES AND CHAIRS THEY REGARDED THAT PART OF THE DIFFICULTY AS SOLVED EXPENDING THE REST OF THE MONEY AND TURNING THE DILAPIDATED BARN INTO A PLACE WHERE THEY COULD HOLD HIGH REVELS OF VARIOUS INNOCENT SORTS THE TWO FRESHMAN SONS TWO BOARDING SCHOOL DAUGHTERS AND A MARRIED SISTER BARELY OLD ENOUGH TO CHAPERON HER OWN BABY BROUGHT PARTIES OF GAY YOUNG FRIENDS WITHIN SEVERAL WEEKS IN SECESSION
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