Word: hardwood
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Dates: during 1885-1885
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...strange house. The room I was in (so well as I now remember) was large and pleasant,-a homelike room. As a devotee of Hygeia I noticed the hardwood floor and the rugs. With my weakness for the creature comforts I remember the blazing open fire-place, sending out its wholesome warmth throughout the room. Matters were not so cheerful out-of-doors. It was a wintry night. The wind was roaring in great blasts down the chimney, and the black window panes every now and then grew suddenly white with gusts of driving snow. The house...