76 HAPPY HOLLOW FARM 



rose above the wide-eaved roof, providing an 

 open fire in every room in the house but the 

 kitchen. After more than five years there is 

 nothing we would change. 



Don't misunderstand. The house wasn't 

 finished in all its detail. It isn't yet finished. 

 Even with unlimited money we shouldn't have 

 tried to hurry full final accomplishment. Pur- 

 posely many things had been left for the slow, 

 deliberate, thoughtful after-touch. Walls and 

 ceilings were to be done in solid paneling of 

 native hardwoods by and by, when we had 

 time to study out the effects we wanted and 

 money to pay for the work. There must be no 

 incautious haste in determining the lines of 

 arch and nook and corner. Wide porches were 

 to be added, too, and a pergola was to be built 

 at the south. The lines of these must fit har- 

 moniously with the lines of roof and wall. 

 Driveways and walls were to be laid out, flow- 

 ing into harmony with the house and its sur- 

 roundings. There was no end of things to be 

 done in the fullness of time. A home must 

 grow and ripen. No amount of money, 

 though it be spent with any degree of mad im- 

 patience, will do the work of time in that 

 growth and ripening. We knew that. Our 



