The story of my life ; or, The sunshine and shadow of seventy years / by Mary A. Livermore ... with hitherto unrecorded incidents and recollections of three years' experience as an army nurse in the great Civil War, and reminiscences of twenty-five years' experiences on the lecture platform ... to which is added six of her most popular lectures ... with portraits and one hundred and twenty engravings from designs by eminent artists ...

182 THE STORY OF MY LIFE. " For de Lawd's sake, Mas'r Dick I you tink dis yer niggah doan know turkeys from buzzards? I ain't no sich fool niggah as dat yit. Lemme git youah gun, an' we'll g'long." " I ain't gwine for no wild turkeys, I tell you, Pete; so shet your mouf! " and the black boy fell back discomfited. The day was waning; the trees were casting long shadows; there was a slight chillness in the air, and it was time to return to the house. Aunt Aggy brought up Jamie and Lily, with Spitfire following, in as good voice as when we started, notwithstanding he had barked incessantly all day. The three were decorated with festoons of greenery and wreaths of scarlet berries, on seeing which, the elder children proceeded to bedeck themselves in the same fashion. Dick and Jenny were to lead the strag-. gling procession homeward, and ':e ^ was about to mount SP Old Rock, Pete apSpeared, and said S o something to the boy in a low voice. The angry blood surged to Dick's RESENTING PETE'S "S ASS. face, his e yes flashed fire, and in a twinkling he gave the negro blow upon blow with his fist, hitting him squarely in the face. I was astounded, and when I saw the blood flowing from Peter's mouth and nostrils, I reproved Dick severely. The boy reined in his horse, and turned his face toward me, white with astonishment and wrath. "I aint gwine to take none o' Pete's sass," he said

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The story of my life ; or, The sunshine and shadow of seventy years / by Mary A. Livermore ... with hitherto unrecorded incidents and recollections of three years' experience as an army nurse in the great Civil War, and reminiscences of twenty-five years' experiences on the lecture platform ... to which is added six of her most popular lectures ... with portraits and one hundred and twenty engravings from designs by eminent artists ...
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Livermore, Mary Ashton Rice, 1820-1905.
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Hartford, Conn. :: A.D. Worthington & Co.,
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"The story of my life ; or, The sunshine and shadow of seventy years / by Mary A. Livermore ... with hitherto unrecorded incidents and recollections of three years' experience as an army nurse in the great Civil War, and reminiscences of twenty-five years' experiences on the lecture platform ... to which is added six of her most popular lectures ... with portraits and one hundred and twenty engravings from designs by eminent artists ..." In the digital collection Making of America Books. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/4728109.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 12, 2025.
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