rity we always had atear in one eye. If the amount of delight which danced in ourexpectant hearts on those Christmas mornings could have beenfairly put into the scales and held there long enough they wouldhave weighed down a continent. Mother Anton went to one particular deep drawer, in one… … CHRISTMAS AT AUTON HOUSE. 89 affection, one after another, from father down to Rosannah thecook, \vith such little speeches as : - Accept this, my dear, as a fond token of affection from yourmother, etc.; and This silk, dear E., was the nearest I could getlike the one you wanted so much, etc.; or…
Auton House (Providence, R.I.) · Children's literature
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