Cash + 

I made it on the bevel. + 

There is more surface for the nails to grip. + 

There is twice the gripping-surface to each seam. + 

The water will have to seep into it on a slant. Water moves easiest up and down or straight across. + 

In a house people are upright two-thirds of the time. So the seams and joints are made up-and-down. Because the stress is up-and-down. + 

In a bed where people lie down all the time, the joints and seams are made sideways, because the stress is sideways. + 

Except. + 

A body is not square like a crosstie. + 

Animal magnetism. + 

The animal magnetism of a dead body makes the stress come slanting, so the seams and joints of a coffin are made on the bevel. + 

You can see by an old grave that the earth sinks down on the bevel. + 

While in a natural hole it sinks by the centre, the stress being up-and-down. + 

So I made it on the bevel. + 

It makes a neater job. + 