It was made of plank stuck between the logs of the wall, and supported at the other end by crotched sticks.

By way of a curtain top a hickory post had been sunk in the floor and bent over the bed, the end being fixed in the log wall.

Tom meant to have a fine skin curtain fastened to it when winter came.

The floor was of beaten earth, but there was a rough ceiling of smaller logs, with a trap in it which could be reached by pegs stuck the centre post.

In that garret the children slept.