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CHAPTER III. THE NEW HOME.
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It was a large, square, wooden building, built in the olden time, with a wide hall in the center, a tiny portico1 in front, and a long piazza2 in the rear. In all the town there was not so delightful3 a location, for it commanded a view of the country for many miles around, while from the chamber4 windows was plainly discernible the sparkling Honeoye, whose waters slept so calmly 'mid5 the hills which lay to the southward. On the grassy6 lawn in front tall forest trees were growing, almost concealing7 the house from view, while their long branches so met together as to form a beautiful arch over the graveled walk which lead to the front door. It was, indeed, a pleasant spot, and Matty, as she passed through the iron gate, could not account for the feeling of desolation settling down upon her.
"Maybe it's because there are no flowers here—no roses," she thought, as she looked around in vain for her favorites, thinking the while how her first work should be to train a honeysuckle over the door and plant a rose bush underneath8 the window.
Poor Matty! Dr. Kennedy had no love for flowers, and the only rose bush he ever noticed was the one which John had planted at his mistress' grave, and even this would, perchance, have been unseen, if he had not scratched his hand unmercifully upon it as he one day shook the stone to see if it were firmly placed in the ground ere he paid the man for putting it there! It was a maxim10 of the doctor's never to have anything not strictly11 for use, consequently his house, both outside and in, was
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portico
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piazza
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chamber
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grassy
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underneath
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strictly
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ornament
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wed
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parlor
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inviting
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satchel
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exterior
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complexion
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bonnet
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pout
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complacently
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rebuke
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fiddle
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dough
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apron
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puny
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marred
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bent
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gathering
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dignified
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bouquet
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detailed
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industrious
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drudge
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murmur
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exacting
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labor
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liturgy
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labored
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outright
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creed
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