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Nancy composed several letters to her Cousin Ann dated from Beulah and explaining the sad accident that had occurred. NANCY COMPOSED SEVERAL LETTERS TO HER COUSIN ANN DATED FROM BEULAH AND EXPLAINED THE SAD ACCIDENT THAT HAD OCCURRED
 and staggered under its heavy weight, their natural strength being considerably sapped by suppressed laughter. Nancy chose an especially large and stout barrel. They put a little (very little) excelsior in the bottom, then a pair of dumb-bells, then a funeral urn, then a little hay, and another funeral urn, crosswise. The spaces between were carelessly filled in with Indian clubs. On these they painfully dropped You Dirty Boy, and on top of him the other pair of funeral urns, more dumbbells, and another Indian club. They had packed the barrel in the corner where it stood, so they simply laid the cover on top and threw a piece of sacking carelessly over it. The whole performance had been punctuated with such hysterical laughter from Kathleen that she was too weak to be of any real use,--she simply aided and abetted the chief conspirator. The night was not as other nights. The girls kept waking up to laugh a little, then they went to sleep, and waked again, and laughed again, and so on.  ONYX ALSO COUSIN ANN'S GIFT AND STAGGERED UNDER ITS HEAVY WEIGHT THEIR NATURAL STRENGTH BEING CONSIDERABLY SAPPED BY SUPPRESSED LAUGHTER NANCY CHOSE AN ESPECIALLY LARGE AND STOUT BARREL THEY PUT A LITTLE VERY LITTLE EXCELSIOR IN THE BOTTOM THEN A PAIR OF DUNBILLS THEN A FUNERAL URN THEN A LITTLE HAY AND ANOTHER FUNERAL URN CROSSWISE THE SPACES BETWEEN WERE CARELESSLY FILLED IN WITH INDIAN CLUBS ON THESE THEY PAINFULLY DROPPED YOU DIRTY BOY AND ON TOP OF HIM THE OTHER PAIR OF FUNERAL URNS MORE DUMB BELLS AND ANOTHER INDIAN CLUB THEY UNPACKED THE BARREL IN THE CORNER WHERE IT STOOD SO THEY SIMPLY LAID THE COVER ON TOP AND THREW A PIECE OF SACKING CARELESSLY OVER IT THE WHOLE PERFORMANCE HAD BEEN PUNCTUATED WITH SUCH HYSTERICAL LAUGHTER FROM KATHLEEN THAT SHE WAS TOO WEAK TO BE OF ANY REAL USE SHE SIMPLY AT IT AND ABETTED THE CHIEF CONSPIRATOR THE NIGHT WAS NOT AS OTHER NIGHTS THE GIRLS KEPT WINKING UP TO LAUGH A LITTLE THEN THEY WENT TO SLEEP AND WINKED AGAIN AND LAUGHED AGAIN AND SO ON
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