One led out into the back yard, one up stairs, one into a back room,--which was used for coarse work, and which was generally called the kitchen,--and one into a large store closet adjoining the great room.
Jonas groped his way down stairs; but as soon as he opened the great room door, he found the room filled with a flickering light, which came from the fireplace.

There was a log there, which had been buried in the ashes the night before.

It had burned slowly, through the night, and the fire had broken out at one end, which now glowed like a furnace, and illuminated the whole room with a faint red light.
Jonas went up towards the fire.

The hearth was very large, and formed of great, flat stones.

On one side of it was a large heap of wood, which Jonas had prepared the night before, to be ready for his fire.