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           ItappearedsimplesttoHardingtomakeitofbrickclay;ascreatinganoutletforittotheupperplateauwasnottobethoughtof,aholewaspiercedinthegraniteabovethewindowofthekitchen,andthepipemetitlikethatofanironstove.Perhapsthewindswhichblewdirectlyagainstthefacadewouldmakethechimneysmoke,butthesewindswererare,andbesides,MasterNeb,thecook,wasnotsoveryparticularaboutthat.

           Whentheseinteriorarrangementswerefinished,theengineeroccupiedhimselfinblockinguptheoutletbythelake,soastopreventanyaccessbythatway.Massesofrockwererolledtotheentranceandstronglycementedtogether.CyrusHardingdidnotyetrealizehisplanofdrowningthisopeningunderthewatersofthelake,byrestoringthemtotheirformerlevelbymeansofadam.Hecontentedhimselfwithhidingtheobstructionwithgrassandshrubs,whichwereplantedintheintersticesoftherocks,andwhichnextspringwouldsproutthickly.However,heusedthewaterfallsoastoleadasmallstreamoffreshwatertothenewdwelling.Alittletrench,madebelowtheirlevel,producedthisresult;andthisderivationfromapureandinexhaustiblesourceyieldedtwenty-fiveorthirtygallonsaday.TherewouldneverbeanywantofwateratGraniteHouse.Atlastallwasfinished,anditwastime,forthebadseasonwasnear.Thickshuttersclosedthewindowsofthefacade,untiltheengineerhadtimetomakeglass

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