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It had a wonderful fan light and side lights, green blind doors outside of the white painted one with its massive brass knocker, and still more unique and impressive, it had for its approach, semi circular stone steps instead of the usual oblong ones. IT HAD A WONDERFUL FAN LIGHT AND SIDE LIGHTS GREEN BLIND DOORS OUTSIDE OF THE WHITE PAINTED ONE WITH ITS MASSIVE BRASS KNOCKER AND STILL MORE UNIQUE AND IMPRESSIVE IT HAD FOR ITS APPROACH SEMI CIRCULAR STONE STEPS INSTEAD OF THE USUAL OBLONG ONES
oup of Mother Carey's chickens. XIX OLD AND NEW The Yellow House had not always belonged to the Hamiltons, but had been built by a governor of the state when he retired from public office. He lived only a few years, and it then passed into the hands of Lemuel Hamilton's grandfather, who had done little or nothing in the way of remodelling the buildings. Governor Weatherby had harbored no extraordinary ambition regarding architectural excellence, for he was not a rich man; he had simply built a large, comfortable Colonial house. He desired no gardens, no luxurious stables, no fountains nor grottoes, no bathroom (for it was only the year 1810), while the old oaken bucket left nothing to be desired as a means of dispensing water to the household. He had one weakness, however, and that was a wish to make the front of the house as impressive as possible. The window over the front door was as beautiful a window as any in the county, and the doorway itself was celebrated throughout the state. HICKENS BY KATE DOUGLAS WIGGINS CHAPTER NINETEEN OLD AND NEW THE YELLOW HOUSE HAD NOT ALWAYS BELONGED TO THE HAMILTONS BUT HAD BEEN BUILT BY A GOVERNOR OF THE STATE WHEN HE RETIRED FROM PUBLIC OFFICE HE LIVED ONLY A FEW YEARS AND IT THEN PASSED INTO THE HANDS OF LEMUEL HAMILTON'S GRANDFATHER WHO HAD DONE LITTLE OR NOTHING IN THE WAY OF REMODELING THE BUILDINGS GOVERNOR WEATHERBY HAD HARBOURED NO EXTRAORDINARY AMBITION REGARDING ARCHITECTURAL EXCELLENCE FOR HE WAS NOT A RICH MAN HE HAD SIMPLY BUILT A LARGE COMFORTABLE COLONIAL HOUSE HE DESIRED NO GARDENS NO LUXURIOUS STABLES NO FOUNTAINS NOR GROTTOES NO BATHROOM FOR IT WAS ONLY THE YEAR EIGHTEEN TEN WHILE THE OLD OAKEN BUCKET LEFT NOTHING TO BE DESIRED AS A MEANS OF DISPENSING WATER TO THE HOUSEHOLD HE HAD ONE WEAKNESS HOWEVER AND THAT WAS A WISH TO MAKE THE FRONT OF THE HOUSE AS IMPRESSIVE AS POSSIBLE THE WINDOW OVER THE FRONT DOOR WAS AS BEAUTIFUL A WINDOW AS ANY IN THE COUNTY AND THE DOORWAY ITSELF WAS CELEBRATED THROUGHOUT THE STATE
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