The house,
therefore, was to form a block thirty-six feet by thirty.
Upon the side next to the kitchen, and opening from it, a small
square tower with two stories in it was to stand. It was to be ten
feet square; the lower room to be a laundry and scullery, and the
one above, approached by straight wooden steps, to be the
storehouse. The roof was to be flat, with a parapet three feet
high. From this a clear view could be had over the country for
miles, and the whole circuit of the fence commanded in case of
attack. The walls of the house were to be of adobe or mud the
internal partitions of sun-baked bricks.
CHAPTER V
THE SETTLER'S HOME.
Just before commencing the house Mr. Hardy heard that a sale of
stock was to take place at an estancia about twenty miles to the
west of Rosario, in consequence of the death of its owner. He
therefore took Lopez and the newly hired peons, and started. He was
likely to be away five days. The boys were to do what work they
judged best in his absence. They determined to set about
brick-making. Fortunately, Hans was accustomed to the work and knew
the way that the natives of the country set about it; the American,
Seth, knew nothing about it, but he was always willing to turn his
hand to anything.
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