1914. 
THE; RURAL NEW-YORKER 
83 
could find no trace of them although he 
wandered around long searching. It had 
been sometime since the rain had ceased 
and still Norm did not come. What 
could be the matter? Nate had lit¬ 
tle woodsman’s sense, but he was 
learning some, so he finally started 
out to hunt for Norm. He did 
not know where to go, but he took the 
general trend Norm had taken. Nate 
went forwhfd slowly, a feeling of awe 
and depression creeping over him as he 
advanced into the depths of the woods. 
He whistled the whistle taught him by 
Norm, putting two fingers in his mouth, 
and shrilling forth a trumpet tone of 
sound. There came no answer but the 
dull echoing of his own call. Farther 
and farther went Nate, calling, crying, 
shouting, whistling, but no answer came 
back to his waiting heart. What could 
have befallen? 
Nate had no idea how long he had 
tramped about the sodden woodland, but 
it had grown from sunset to twilight, and 
from twilight to dark, so dark in fact 
that he could no longer see to pick his 
way, and he stumbled upon the trunk of 
a fallen tree, and fell. His head struck 
a protruding tree root, and for a few 
minutes Nate lost consciousness from 
the impact of the blow. He lay there, 
when he came slowly back to conscious¬ 
ness, and he wondered dimly, dizzily, then 
vividly, anxiously, where Norm could be. 
It seemed as though he must have 
tramped the entire woodland over, and 
with the sense of depression much deep¬ 
ened, he struggled to rise. He knew that 
he had lost his direction, and the fall had 
set his head to throbbing painfully. He 
felt that he could not find the camp 
should he try to do so, unless by sheer 
accident, and he knew too that if he re¬ 
mained in the woods, he must seek some 
drier shelter than that afforded by the 
earth and leaves. Still his one obsession 
was to find Norm. Norm must be found 
and with that accomplished his world 
would revolve upon that axis successfully. 
Nate began to cough, roughly, harshly, 
and he raised himself as quickly as he 
could, to find himself facing an object, 
that sent a shudder all over him. For 
there upon the opposite side of the fal¬ 
len tree lay Norm, his face looking wan 
and ghastly in the dim light. Nate noted 
the tree was rent and splintered, as he 
scrambled over it. 
“Struck by lightning,” he gasped as he 
bent over Norm’s sodden form. 
(To be continued.) 
WATER SYSTEM IN A VIRGINIA 
FARMHOUSE. 
We have established a very satisfactory 
water supply in our home at such small 
cost that it must be within the reach of 
most country householders who own a 
nearby spring. The trouble and time 
saved soon pay for the outlay of $50 for 
materials. A spring about 500 feet from 
the house was carefully dug out and 
walled in with cement, in order to keep 
out surface water. A gable roof, with 
ventilated wire openings, was placed over 
it to exclude insects, leaves, etc. The 
spring-house was fitted, near the top of 
the cement wall, with an overflow pipe, 
which carries off the surplus water to a 
neighboring stream. 
An inch pipe carries the water for 300 
feet to a small $6 ram which has given 
steady service for two years without any 
attention whatever. It pumps the water 
through a half-inch pipe, to a 200-gallon 
tank, which is placed above a small room 
on the back porch called the milk-room. 
This room contains a large cement box 
in which the water is kept constantly 
fresh and cool by the overflow from the 
tank. Furnished with shelves placed at 
different levels, this box is a wonderful 
convenience in keeping milk, butter and 
many other foods, fresh and cold. The 
200 -gallon tank supplies the hot-water 
tank attached to the kitchen stove, and 
furnishes hot and cold water in abund¬ 
ance to both kitchen and bathroom. The 
bath, kitchen sink, and milk-box, afford 
more comfort and real economy than 
could be represented by any other $50 
outlay. Any moderately handy man could 
install a similar system, which requires 
no expert workman. 
HAY LEE C. ADAMS. 
HOMEMADE WATER FIXTURES. 
Some 10 years ago The R. N.-Y. of¬ 
fered prizes for what we may call home¬ 
made bathrooms. It was stipulated, 
that the articles should cover homemade 
affairs, where the work was largely done 
by the farmer himself, without expensive 
plumbing or skilled labor. There are 
many situations where bathroom fixtures 
can be put into a house at light expense, 
and we were after such an outfit. We 
reprint herewith a picture of the outfit 
which won first prize. This was put to¬ 
gether by W. N. Miller of Connecticut, 
who may be called an ingenious Yankee, 
quite handy with tools. lie had pur¬ 
chased an old farmhouse, and the bath¬ 
room problem presented itself. At first 
they thought they would be obliged to 
build an addition, or take a needed bed¬ 
room for the bath, but they finally util¬ 
ized the attic in the ell of the house over 
the kitchen. The entire room was ceiled 
with Southern pine, half an inch thick, 
and varnished to make a pleasing finish. 
The work was done at odd times, as the 
employment of a carpenter or plumber 
was out of the question. In place of a 
tank for the water, Mr. Miller put in 
what he calls a battery of six vinegar 
barrels. These are shown in the picture, 
mounted on a stout shelf. These barrels 
are connected together with piping, and 
give a combined capacity of 300 gallons. 
This little room is heated by an ordin¬ 
ary register, cut in the floor directly over 
the kitchen stove. A 40-gallou hot-water 
stove tank put on the kitchen stove 
pipe to well being laid below frost. We 
next placed in an unused clothes press on 
second floor two round upright galvanized 
tanks 2% feet in diameter and six feet 
high. These were made by a local tin¬ 
smith, and being small in diameter went 
easily through doors and into place. 
From the bottom of each of these tanks 
a one-inch pipe led to the cellar, one be¬ 
ing tap fed conveniently to supply bath¬ 
tub, sink and hot-water front to stove, 
the other tapped to supply toilet. These 
pipes united at the pump, but in each 
pipe near the pump a gate valve was 
placed so that either tank or both may 
be filled at will. * 
It has seldom been found necessary to 
draw on well, the cistern being sufficient 
for both tanks, so we open both valves 
and fill both tanks at once. In case 
cistern is running low we close valve in 
pipe supplying kitchen and bathtub, turn 
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furnishes the hot water supply. Mr. 
Miller gives the following items of cost 
in putting up this useful outfit: 
6 barrels .$2.00 
Enameled bath tub . 7.00 
Force pump . 5.00 
Pine lumber . 7.50 
Studding . 1.00 
Nails .25 
4 faucets . 1.S0 
Bowl and connections. 1.30 
Iron piping . 4.25 
Water back for stove . 2.50 
Hot water tank . 7.50 
Extras . 7.74 
Total .$47.84 
The pumping was originally done by 
the force pump from the well, but now 
a hot-air engine has been installed, and 
also a closet. Thus for $50 cash outlay 
in this homemade plant, Mr. Miller was 
able to obtain conveniences which would 
be worth $100 every year to his family. 
There are thousands of locations where 
similar work could be done for the price 
of one cow, and no one save those who 
have such conveniences can realize what 
a blessing this would be to the entire 
family. 
the three-way valve to cut out cistern 
and we have an unlimited supply of hard 
water for toilet, thus saving soft water 
for other use. 
About five minutes pumping each 
morning is sufficient for the day’s needs. 
Water in cistern is about same level as 
pump, total lift being 12 to 16 feet to 
tanks. This gives about five pounds 
pressure on faucets. The pump is worked 
easily by women of household, but this 
they are seldom expected to do. A faucet 
on side of soft water tank gives a supply 
of water on second floor if desired. 
An addition, which is convenient, but 
which has not been figured in first 
cost, is 25 feet of hose, which is 
connected to pipes in cellar by a 
valve. Passing this through cellar 
(Concluded on page 8 -}.) 
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