Joe acted so well, as which he laughed uproariously, to hide his embarrassment.  He had the hardest part to play and played it the best, if I do say it myself.  Other people indeed cried in the pathetic parts, when usually the tendency is to laugh.
     “Consternation reigned supreme” in our house at supper-time – the water was turned off.  I rushed pell-mell to Mrs. Strawns who keeps a pump and got drinking water.  I had to take Jim’s dinner-bucket which wasn’t very large.   I suggested taking a tin bucket which Jim uses for scrubbing the linoleum, at which Mother said: “I wouldn’t mind drinking out of it if it were washed”!  I did just as bad myself when I picked up a wet piece of soap and turned on the spigot, being somewhat surprised when no water came.  Shortly after supper Fred turned one of the spigots on and a little water began to come.  At his exclamation Frances and I rushed out to see.  In exaggerated exstacy of joy I whooped and danced up and down.  Suddenly a globe came off a chandelier, struck Frances on the head and fell under the sink with a crash.  In her pain Frances sank to the floor and for a moment I was frightened, but when she said it had not cut I breathed