The framework was up and half a dozen carpenters were lustily at work with saw and hammer.
"We'd made better progress if this house was in an ordinary place," explained Hoyle.

"But you see the wind blows here, so the framework had to be made as solid and strong as possible.

In fact, it's bolted to the sills." Both living room and sleeping room were arranged so that the Painted Desert could be seen from one window, and on the other side the whole of the San Francisco Mountains.

Both rooms were to have open fireplaces.
Carley's idea was for service and durability.

She thought of comfort in the severe winters of that high latitude, but elegance and luxury had no more significance in her life.
Hoyle made his suggestions as to changes and adaptations, and, receiving her approval, he went on to show her what had been already accomplished.
Back on higher ground a reservoir of concrete was being constructed near an ever-flowing spring of snow water from the peaks.