Chapter 5
AUNT TESTY TAKES CHARGE
"It's because she hasn't eaten any breakfast," said Philip, leaning over and picking up the little creature who seemed no bigger than a stray kitten. "I got breakfast for her at the Court House, but she was too excited to eat."
"No breakfast! May the Lord have mercy on my soul!" cried Major Taylor. "Here, Myra; you, Evelyn, don't stand there like two pop-eyed fools! Go have Testy make waffles. Cook some roe-herring and broil a squab. Didn't you hear this young man say my granddaughter is hungry? She has eaten no breakfast! Go telephone for the doctor, Spot! I never saw such a dumb lot of fools in my life. Here Mr. Bolling, bring my granddaughter into the chamber."
"Wouldn't it be better to take her to the room over the back parlor, Father?" suggested Myra. who had a certain respect for "the chamber," it being the room in which her father spent much of his time. In many of the old homes in the South there is a bedroom on the first floor where
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