door; and seeing the dog covered with saliva, flounderingand kicking under his feet, while all the children were watchinghim 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… … 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…
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