. Recollections of Auton House .. . on. Mother Auton in the cold room clearingout the drawers to make way for J. Antons underclothes, the com-pany pin-cushion hauled out and put in place under the mirror,the best comb and brush laid in a convenient spot for use, and theblue china pitchers filled with the pump-water. Oftentimes, at earlydawn, we could hear the creak of the carriage wheels when the ve-hicle stopped before the house, and the thud of his trunk upon thesidewalk. He frequently roused up Debrah by rattling the blindsin the back yard with a clothes-pole to let him in ; but MotherAuton
. Recollections of Auton House .. . on. Mother Auton in the cold room clearingout the drawers to make way for J. Antons underclothes, the com-pany pin-cushion hauled out and put in place under the mirror,the best comb and brush laid in a convenient spot for use, and theblue china pitchers filled with the pump-water. Oftentimes, at earlydawn, we could hear the creak of the carriage wheels when the ve-hicle stopped before the house, and the thud of his trunk upon thesidewalk. He frequently roused up Debrah by rattling the blindsin the back yard with a clothes-pole to let him in ; but MotherAuton generally anticipated anysuch manoeuvre, and greeted herson even before the hack-man hadgotten upon his box. From oursnug quarters in the big bed wecould hear the dull boom of theheavy front door as it shut again,then a little desultory under-toned conversation, a pair of boots ^dropped on the outside of hisapartment, and all was middle chamber was also the spare room, set apart for invited guests at Auton House. Here 4. 50 RECOLLECTIONS OF AUTON HOUSE. Mr. and Mrs. McLacken slept when they paid us a visit from NewHaven. Mr. McLacken had a neck so thin and long that it re-quired folds upon folds of cravat to build it up to the standard sizeof ordinary necks. He was always on a strict diet, and was con-stantly going up-stairs to take his medicine. Here reposed blondeCousin Fanny, and tired Theodore, who had a very long upper lipand went to sleep in his chair every evening; and here restedCousin John, who had a Roman nose and chafed his hands togetherwhenever he met you; and sprightly Cousin Maria with her beam-ing smile and her flying cap-strings. These cousins were all from Boston, where they had the enor-mous frog-pond, and ice-creams so large that no boy could eat anymore than from the top of one of them as far down as the rimof the glass. They had Boston trunks, owned Boston chaises, ateBoston cream-cakes from Mrs. Meyers, and took Boston Tran-scripts. They drank
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