Then one night in February the pipes at the far end froze and burst, and the hardware man had to make us another hasty visit.
To ward off such accidents in the future the old Squire now had recourse to what is known as the Granger furnace--a convenience that was then just coming into general favor among farmers.

They are cosy, heat-holding contrivances, made of brick and lined either with fire brick or iron; they have an iron top with pot holes in which you can set kettles.

The old Squire connected ours with the heater, and he placed it so that half of it projected into the new bathroom, through the partition wall of the kitchen.

It served its purpose effectively and on winter nights diffused a genial glow both in the kitchen and in the bathroom.
But it was the middle of April before the bathroom was completed; and the cost was actually between eight and nine hundred dollars! "My sakes, Joseph!" grandmother exclaimed.

"Another bathroom like that would put us in the poor-house.