Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 392
scribed, were made of very lightwood, an inch thick and four inches wide, and, ofcourse, seven feet long. Running along the tops of all these supportswas a piece of two-by-four, twelve feet long.Nails were sent through the two-by-four toptimber into the ends of the uprights. The roofwas to rest on… … THE FOUR WALLS HAVE JUST BEEN COMPLETED. NOTEHOW THE UPRIGHTS FOR DOORS AND WINDOWS AREPLACED, AND THE VARIOUS DIAGONAL BRACINGS ground. This was for the floor-boards to restupon. Now we filled in the spaces between the up- 838 WHY NOT PAPER HOUSES? [July
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