. Recollections of Auton House . ndwild expression, tumbling over chairs and slamming doors as herushed up and down stairs for alcohol, salt, or hot water. On one lugubrious morning when Mother Auton was groaning,and the whole household was rubbing her for dear life, a favoritespaniel belonging to T. Auton took it into his head to have a fit, andflew around the dining-room at a terrible rate, foaming at the mouth,etc. Just at this juncture Father Auton appeared at the dining- ROOMS IN AUTON HOUSE. 47 room door; and seeing the dog; covered with saliva, flounderino- O O O and kicking under his f
. Recollections of Auton House . ndwild expression, tumbling over chairs and slamming doors as herushed up and down stairs for alcohol, salt, or hot water. On one lugubrious morning when Mother Auton was groaning,and the whole household was rubbing her for dear life, a favoritespaniel belonging to T. Auton took it into his head to have a fit, andflew around the dining-room at a terrible rate, foaming at the mouth,etc. Just at this juncture Father Auton appeared at the dining- ROOMS IN AUTON HOUSE. 47 room door; and seeing the dog; covered with saliva, flounderino- O O O and kicking under his feet, while all the children were watching O O him from the tops of tables and chairs ; he became transfixed withemotion. At last he shouted at the top of his voice, D—n it!was ever a mortal so put upon ? Wife dying up-stairs — mad-dogdown — get out! Happily neither of these direful calamities happened; both ourmother and the spaniel speedily recovered, but what Father Autonscreamed out on this occasion was never CHAPTER SIXTH. THE MIDDLE CHAMBER. HE middle chamber possessed the rare dig-nity of being the spot where nearly everyAnton first saw the light. There was anodor of new flannel and powder-puff aboutit which never quite departed, while a de-pressing stillness pervaded the apartmenton those periodic occasions when we chil-dren were allowed to view the last new-comer from an unknown country. The fresh Anton was carried, for itsprimal bath, into a small adjoining roomcalled the Library. Here Miss BetseyArnold held the struggling stranger gently on her lap while thelong file of girls and boys from the nursery marched in to passjudgment upon it. What a nose! He looks like a monkey. Look what a face its making. Hes the ugliest baby I eversaw, etc. These ingenuous remarks were the unbiased opinionspronounced upon every new Anton as it nppeared. They say that children and fools speak the truth. The middle chamber wasalso the room which our big brother occupied w
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