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The house, which was daily growing into a home, was full of the busy hum of labor from top to bottom and from morning till night, and there was hardly a moment when Mother Carey and the girls were not transporting articles of furniture through the rooms, and up and down the staircases, to see how they would look somewhere else. THE HOUSE WHICH WAS DAILY GROWING INTO A HOME WAS FULL OF THE BUSY HUM OF LABOR FROM TOP TO BOTTOM AND FROM MORNING TILL NIGHT AND THERE WAS HARDLY A MOMENT WHEN MOTHER CAREY AND THE GIRLS WERE NOT TRANSPORTING ARTICLES OF FURNITURE THROUGH THE ROOMS AND UP AND DOWN THE STAIRCASES TO SEE HOW THEY WOULD LOOK SOMEWHERE ELSE
green rushes and cat-o'-nine-tails grew on a fawn-colored ground, and anything that the Careys did not possess for the family sitting room Ossian Popham went straight home and made in his barn. He could make a barrel-chair or an hour-glass table, a box lounge and the mattress to put on top of it, or a low table for games and puzzles, or a window seat. He could polish the piano and then sit down to it and play "Those Tassels on Her Boots" or "Marching through Georgia" with great skill. He could paint bunches of gold grapes and leaves on the old-fashioned high-backed rocker, and, as soon as it was dry, could sit down in it and entertain the whole family without charging them a penny. The housewarming could not be until the later autumn, Mrs. Carey had decided, for although most of the living rooms could be finished, Cousin Ann's expensive improvements were not to be set in motion until Bill Harmon heard from Mr. Hamilton that his tenants were not to be disturbed for at least three years.  ONE ON WHICH GREEN RUSHES AND CAT O' NINE TAILS GREW ON A FAWN COLORED GROUND AND ANYTHING THAT THE CAREYS DID NOT POSSESS FOR THE FAMILY SITTING ROOM OSSIAN POPHAM WENT STRAIGHT HOME AND MADE IN HIS BARN HE COULD MAKE A BARREL CHAIR OR AN HOUR GLASS TABLE A BOX LOUNGE AND THE MATTRESS TO PUT ON TOP OF IT OR A LOW TABLE FOR GAMES AND PUZZLES OR A WINDOW SEAT HE COULD POLISH THE PIANO AND THEN SIT DOWN TO IT AND PLAY THOSE TASSELS ON HER BOOTS OR MARCHING THROUGH GEORGIA WITH GREAT SKILL HE COULD PAINT BUNCHES OF GOLD GRAPES AND LEAVES ON THE OLD FASHIONED HIGH BACKED ROCKER AND AS SOON AS IT WAS DRY COULD SIT DOWN ON IT AND ENTERTAIN THE WHOLE FAMILY WITHOUT CHARGING THEM A PENNY THE HOUSEWARMING COULD NOT BE UNTIL THE LATER AUTUMN MISSUS CAREY HAD DECIDED FOR ALTHOUGH MOST OF THE LIVING ROOMS COULD BE FINISHED COUSIN ANN'S EXPENSIVE IMPROVEMENTS WERE NOT TO BE SET IN MOTION UNTIL BILL HARMON HEARD FROM MISTER HAMILTON THAT HIS TENANTS WERE NOT TO BE DISTURBED FOR AT LEAST THREE YEARS
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