. Wildwood homes : being a collection of houses and details with suggestions for the home builder. i\. intervening years its appoint-ments, every one a shrine, framethemselves slowly from that un-certainty with which time investsall things! And it is dim, because it was never welllighted in the hey-day of its mustyglory, its jealous guardians fear-ing that the intrusion of Godasunlight would fade the startlingreds and greens of those impossi-bly mammoth flowers incident tothe adornmr-nt of the Brussels car-pet. The stiff haircloth furniture,six straight -barkrd. uncomfortablechairs,
. Wildwood homes : being a collection of houses and details with suggestions for the home builder. i\. intervening years its appoint-ments, every one a shrine, framethemselves slowly from that un-certainty with which time investsall things! And it is dim, because it was never welllighted in the hey-day of its mustyglory, its jealous guardians fear-ing that the intrusion of Godasunlight would fade the startlingreds and greens of those impossi-bly mammoth flowers incident tothe adornmr-nt of the Brussels car-pet. The stiff haircloth furniture,six straight -barkrd. uncomfortablechairs, the Davenport, and theexcruciating ottoman are arrangedin deadly precision about thewalls facing the marbletoppedcenter tabic with the owooden dog squatting likr a idol on a sort of shelf be-tween the tables heavy legs. Thephotograph album and fifty-pound family Bible with those gilthasps, that seem designed to with-hold the unsearchable riches fromthe unworthy, crown this inevi-table center piece and give addedsolemnity to the the mantel-piece the threeglass bells protect
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