boy Autons wore night-drawers, tiedbehind with running strings, once at the neck,and then again at the waist. These garmentsalways gaped a little in the back, but thisonly made it more fun to jump out of themafter they had been tied, and then stick our legs quickly back againbefore Debrah saw us.… … AUTON NURSERY. 29 This passage puzzled us much, and we used to inspect each othervery closely to see if we were actually running to waist. Weconcluded, also, that as the prayer said that our sins were a greatersum they probably must be, although we failed to see the force ofthe expression. One of…
Auton House (Providence, R.I.) · Children's literature
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