W H A T W E DID F I R S T 



cribs of stones which could be taken up in winter. This was care- 

 fully hidden from the house by a grove of native willows. 



Perhaps the most important part of all work done on a country 

 place lies under the ground, and of this underground work the water 

 sy>lem stands first. We were fortunate in having the lake to draw 



THE LITTLE MUSHROOM-LIKK PfMP HOUSE 



from. Close to the pier an intake pipe four inches in diameter went 

 back three hundred and fifty feet to the little mushroom-like pump- 

 house at the edge of the service yard. Its apex was only six feet 

 above the level of the ground. Over its brown shingled roof, the 

 outside tank holding fifty-two gallons of gasoline, and its cement 



steps leading down to the engine-room, were trained wild honey- 



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