. Recollections of Auton house : a book for children . his night-drawers on the top step. The com-pany gathered in the green-room were startled by seeingthe door open, and a little girlin long white night-gown andruffled cap enter. She strodesolemnly up to Mother Antonand in serious tones said, wants to know if he willlive till morning. Everybodywas convulsed with laughter,but it was no laughing matter o o to the lassie who performedher task with imperturbable gravity, and then marchedback again to the shivering cul-prit on the front stairs. Children often exhibit a brilliancy of conce
. Recollections of Auton house : a book for children . his night-drawers on the top step. The com-pany gathered in the green-room were startled by seeingthe door open, and a little girlin long white night-gown andruffled cap enter. She strodesolemnly up to Mother Antonand in serious tones said, wants to know if he willlive till morning. Everybodywas convulsed with laughter,but it was no laughing matter o o to the lassie who performedher task with imperturbable gravity, and then marchedback again to the shivering cul-prit on the front stairs. Children often exhibit a brilliancy of conception in the attainmentof their ends in view, which would bring no discredit on operationsof more importance, and by more experienced brains. The Antongirls were forbidden to play with water because it wetted theiraprons and sleeves, and was spilt all over the nursery floor; andabove all it gave them sore throat. This was one of Mother Au-tons inexorable commands. The question with the girls was howto get round the command without disobeying the 76 RECOLLECTIONS OF AUTON HOUSE. Up in the baby-house, and among the dolls, washing-daycame about as regularly as it did down below in the laundry. Thegirls said the dolls duds needed to go in the tub and be ironedevery week, or else their children would look like a family ofemigrants. Now A. Auton was a motherly girl, and took naturally tobabies and their habits, and knew just the best way of playingpaper-dolls. It seemed to her indispensable that her childrensdresses should be washed, yet how could she do it without water ?So the little girl sat down and thought and thought, and after long deliberation sheconcluded thatshe would chew-out theweekly w ash,piece by that way hermother wouldnot be disobeyed,yet her doll-chil-d r e n would bekept decent. Soevery M o n d a ymorning w h i 1 eRosannah was washing in the laundry she sat up at the baby-house window andchewed and chewed her little dresses until her tiny jaws grewwe
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