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Recollections of Auton House .. (1889)

Hoppin, Augustus, 1828-1896 · Boston, Houghton, Mifflin and Co. · leaf 81

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nd thought and thought, and after long deliberation sheconcluded thatshe wouldchew-out theweekly wash,piece by piece.In that way hermother wouldnot be disobeyed,yet her doll-chil-d r e n would bekept decent. Soevery Mondaymorning whileRosannah was washing in the laundry she sat up at the baby-house… … AUTON PECULIARITIES. 77 more chew to make that gown tidy than all the rest of the wash.I believe if she had swallowed what her little teeth ground out ofthat dotted muslin it would have killed her, but an open windowinto the yard provided a means of escape from this danger. Dearlittle mother!…

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