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Chapter 17

           

           Itwasamightynicefamily,andamightynicehouse,too.Ihadn’tseennohouseoutinthecountrybeforethatwassoniceandhadsomuchstyle.Itdidn’thaveanironlatchonthefrontdoor,norawoodenonewithabuckskinstring,butabrassknobtoturn,thesameashousesintown.Therewarn’tnobedintheparlor,norasignofabed;butheapsofparlorsintownshasbedsinthem.Therewasabigfireplacethatwasbrickedonthebottom,andthebrickswaskeptcleanandredbypouringwateronthemandscrubbingthemwithanotherbrick;sometimestheywashthemoverwithredwater-paintthattheycallSpanish-brown,sameastheydointown.Theyhadbigbrassdog-ironsthatcouldholdupasaw-log.Therewasaclockonthemiddleofthemantelpiece,withapictureofatownpaintedonthebottomhalfoftheglassfront,andaroundplaceinthemiddleofitforthesun,andyoucouldseethependulumswingingbehindit.Itwasbeautifultohearthatclocktick;andsometimeswhenoneofthesepeddlershadbeenalongandscouredherupandgotheringoodshape,shewouldstartinandstrikeahundredandfiftybeforeshegottuckeredout.Theywouldn’ttookanymoneyforher.

           Well,therewasabigoutlandishparrotoneachsideoftheclock,madeoutofsomethinglikechalk,andpaintedupgaudy.Byoneoftheparrotswasacatmadeofcrockery,andacrockerydogbytheother;andwhenyoupresseddownonthemtheysqueaked,butdidn’topentheirmouthsnorlookdifferentnorinterested.

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