Stories of persons and places in Europe . As I entered thelow doorway, the dark-ness within was sogreat that for a minute or two I could see nothing, but soon the ruddy glowfrom the peat-fire illuminated the room and its occupants. I saw there a 182 Persons and Places in Europe. long lofty shed whose slanting roof was thatched with straw and fasteneddown by ropes attached to heavy stones. There were neither windows nor chimney, the smoke from the tire find-ing its escape through the various holes in the well ventilated roof, throughwhich the continuous drizzling rain freely entered, making lit
Stories of persons and places in Europe . As I entered thelow doorway, the dark-ness within was sogreat that for a minute or two I could see nothing, but soon the ruddy glowfrom the peat-fire illuminated the room and its occupants. I saw there a 182 Persons and Places in Europe. long lofty shed whose slanting roof was thatched with straw and fasteneddown by ropes attached to heavy stones. There were neither windows nor chimney, the smoke from the tire find-ing its escape through the various holes in the well ventilated roof, throughwhich the continuous drizzling rain freely entered, making little pools allover the smooth-trodden mud floor. The shed was divided into two parts,the smaller end being the commonsleeping room,the larger the house-keeping place for the whole family,which,included two cows, two sheep, and a score of ducks, hens, and chickens thatwere quacking, chicking and picking all over the floor in company withseveral small children and a baby. As I stood, wet and forlorn, in the door-way, a woman rose from a woo
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