. Recollections of Auton House .. . There is little doubt but these expeditions thoroughly digestedall the shortened Johnny-cake,which we had consumed, and madeus ravenous for the hot breakfastwhich Rosannah had been preparingin the kitchen below. In Auton nursery was a famousstand made of oak, with a crackthrough the middle of itsround top. This spacewas always filled with theremains of the soap andsand left by Debrahsscrubbing-brush, and which we used to pickout with pins. Around this modest bit offurniture we took our tea. It was an in-teresting and healthy sight to watch abevy of girls and
. Recollections of Auton House .. . There is little doubt but these expeditions thoroughly digestedall the shortened Johnny-cake,which we had consumed, and madeus ravenous for the hot breakfastwhich Rosannah had been preparingin the kitchen below. In Auton nursery was a famousstand made of oak, with a crackthrough the middle of itsround top. This spacewas always filled with theremains of the soap andsand left by Debrahsscrubbing-brush, and which we used to pickout with pins. Around this modest bit offurniture we took our tea. It was an in-teresting and healthy sight to watch abevy of girls and boys in high, checkedaprons and ruffled collars, with red cheeks and shining curls, crim- 3. 34 RECOLLECTIONS OF AUTON HOUSE. son, pouting lips and butter-teeth (as we used to call the secondset in front), chatting like magpies; all drinking, eating, and talk-ing at once; all good-natured, happy, and uproarious. No politicalquestions disturbed our brains, no dictum of society divided ourcouncils. The shadow of the cows foot in our milk and water wasthe most serious object which attracted our attention, and a healthy rivalry as to who couldbite out the greatestnumber of the littlehearts from Mr. Co-reys cookies in a givennumber of minutesalone created excite-ment. As the south-west bed-post was thefamous starting-pointfor all our imaginarybed expeditions, so thenortheast one was the pole around which W. Auton, alias ^ Ante-lope, and Ben Jackson, the black boy, performed their celebratedflying act. This circus-trick consisted in running from the bolster,in stocking-feet, catching hold of the post with the left hand andswinging completely about in a circle through the air, landi
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