But this week they were obliged to break off for two days, to collect
all their crops from the garden.
A fortnight more passed away in continual hard work, but the house was
at last finished, and very complete, compared to the one they were
residing in. It was much larger, and divided into three rooms by the
deal planking: the middle room which the door opened into was the
sitting and eating room, with a window behind; the two side rooms were
sleeping-rooms, one for Mrs. Seagrave and the children, and the other
for the male portion of the family.
"See, William," said Ready, when they were alone, "what we have been
able to do by means of those deal planks; why, to have floored this
house, and run up the partitions, would have taken us half a year if we
had had to saw the wood."
"Yes; and what a comfort it is to have so many shelves about. When
shall we shift into this house?"
"The sooner the better. We have plenty of work still to do, but we can
work outside of the stockade."
"And what do you propose to do with the old house?" said William.
"We had better put some of our stores of least value in it for the
present, until we can fit up another storehouse inside the stockade.
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