. Recollections of Auton House .. . rder: — J. AUTON, A. AUTON (girl),T. AUTON, S. AUTON (girl),F. AUTON, H. AUTON, E. AUTON (girl), W. AUTON, A. AUTON, H. AUTON (girl), C. AUTON. 14 RECOLLECTIONS OF AUTON HOUSE. None of these Autons were prodigies, although several of themwere unkimmon clever and bright as buttons. They were bred in a famous nursery, under the surveillance ofseveral quite remarkable women ; two of whom were named AuntMoody and Deborah. In this wonderful spot they passed theirhappy adolescence, until they were ready to cut loose from apron-strings and do battle in the great wo
. Recollections of Auton House .. . rder: — J. AUTON, A. AUTON (girl),T. AUTON, S. AUTON (girl),F. AUTON, H. AUTON, E. AUTON (girl), W. AUTON, A. AUTON, H. AUTON (girl), C. AUTON. 14 RECOLLECTIONS OF AUTON HOUSE. None of these Autons were prodigies, although several of themwere unkimmon clever and bright as buttons. They were bred in a famous nursery, under the surveillance ofseveral quite remarkable women ; two of whom were named AuntMoody and Deborah. In this wonderful spot they passed theirhappy adolescence, until they were ready to cut loose from apron-strings and do battle in the great world themselves. For the amusement of other Autons throughout Christendom, Iwill in the following chapters give a description of these twoAnton nurses, and some account of the marvelous transactionswhich were performed in that celebrated mansion for the space ofa generation — during which time different sets of Autons weregraduating from and entering into this blessed goal of their ten-derer years. CHAPTER SECOND. AUTON AUNT MOODY — DEBORAH. PRICELESS boon in the nursery — next to agood mother - - is a faithful nurse. I dont meanthat modern female nondescript with a Nor-mandy cap and a mouth full of foreign language,but a kind-hearted Puritan, of good judgmentand common sense ; one who remembered Gen-eral Washington, and who lived for the childrenunder her care rather than for so much a this species is nearly extinct — buriedbeneath the new kinks of modern nurseryism. Still, however, atraveler here and there totters across our pathway, reminding us ofher long life of self-sacrifice and devotion. Aunt Moody and Deborah were two old-fashioned, long-suffering, sweet-tempered children-lovers. To us they seemed tohave been born in that nursery, or, for aught we knew, were coexist-ent with the Flood. Whenever they went out it was as much of acircumstance to the whole household as one of Mother Antons even-ing parties, or a Thanksgiving dinner. Whene
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