This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1907 edition. Excerpt: ... The Second Week--House Building . The Carpenter's Help Monday WHEN the brickmasons had finished their work and gone home, Father Gipsy hurried to the tent in the woods. He knew Mother Gipsy would be waiting for him, and would want to hear all about the work on the new house. Sure enough, she came down ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1907 edition. Excerpt: ... The Second Week--House Building . The Carpenter's Help Monday WHEN the brickmasons had finished their work and gone home, Father Gipsy hurried to the tent in the woods. He knew Mother Gipsy would be waiting for him, and would want to hear all about the work on the new house. Sure enough, she came down the path to meet him, and the very first thing she said was: "How is Joe-Boy's house? Did the brickmasons build a strong foundation?" "Yes indeed," said Father Gipsy, "the foundation is finished, and it is such a fine, strong one I am sure you will like it." "That is good news," said Mother Gipsy, "now, what is the next thing to be done?" "The next thing to do," said Father Gipsy, "is to find some jolly carpenters. They will build the wood work and finish up the house. It will take them many days of hard work, but I shall pay them well, and by-and-by all will be finished, and Joe-Boy and you and I will move into the pretty house." Very early the next morning the carpenters came to work on the house, and each one of them brought his dinner in a basket, because they would be so busy building all day, there would be no time to go home for dinner. They brought large tool boxes with them too, filled with all kinds of carpenter's tools--hammers, saws, augers, gimlets, measuring squares, planes, screws and nails. Soon every carpenter was hard at work, some hammering, some sawing, some planing, some boring and some measuring, but all working on Joe-Boy's house. For many days Mother Gipsy listened to the ring of the hammers and the whir of the saws, as the planks were sawn in two--long ones and short ones, thick ones and thin--planed smooth and level, and then nailed in place. Sometimes great, heavy planks would have to be lifted to the top of the...
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