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Show . TO BUY STEVENSON HOME. German Government Orders Purchase of Valllma In Samoa. Now York. Tho governor of Gorman Gor-man Samoa has been authorized to purchase Valllma, tho homo of tho late Robert Louis Stovenson, noar Apia, for a government residence. It would puzzle nn architect and his clork to draw the ground plan of this structuro struc-turo and It would bo un equal problem to draft any of Its olovatlonB, - It seems to conslst'of two houses put together to-gether at the corners and hold In this association by a porch. In such a climate a porch on many accounts Is tho most hnbltublo, certainly tho most generally Inhabited part of u houso. Tho Valllma porch In every particular Is of thd uncortaln character charac-ter of the houso or houses of which it Is a part. Ono stretch of it is en Stevenson Home Near Apia, Samoa. llroly on the ground floor, nnothor stretch has two storlos In fact, there Is ono Btretch of this porch which clings to tho second story without any ground support nt all, Somo of It Is open to breeze and sun, somo Is shaded by lattices and climbing vines, still other parts aro boarded over to form odd rooms which woro hastily run up to suit the needs of tho tenants. ten-ants. Tho older section of the house contains a largo parlor, so dark and shaded as to seem cool, nnd overhead aro the living apartments. In like manner tho chief thomo of the newer part of tho houso Is tho dining-room, with a library und n small writing room overhead. |