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 ...

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

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87. MY HUSBAND ARRIVES HOME FROM A PICTURE SALE.. 409
88. HELPING ME OUT OF A DILEMMA...... 417
89. A SECRET EXPERIMENT....... 422
With doors locked and curtains drawn I completed the new trousers in less
than two days.
90. AN INNOCENT LOOKING PACKAGE...... 423
I folded the trousers neatly in brown paper, and directed the parcel to " Rev.
D. P. Livermore."
91. PAYING FOR OUR NEWSPAPER BY MAKING A PAIR
OF TROUSERS FOR MY HUSBAND. (Full Page.)
DESIGNED BY CHARLES COPELAND... To fac 424
I ventured to reveal myself to my husband as their manufacturer. I shall
never forget the incredulous look on his face as he heard my statement. " You!
Do you mean to say that you cut and made these garments?"
92. A MINISTER'S DONATION PARTY...... 430
The dancing increased in vigor, and the stove-pipe of the sitting-room was
shaken down.
93. AFTER THE DO*ATION PARTY....... 431
94. "WHEW." OUR DEMORALIZED KITCHEN... 433
I invited him to accompany me on a tour of inspection.
95. LURED TO RUIN.-THE CUP OF DEATH..... 439
He was enticed into one saloon after another, drinking in all of them, until
he became thoroughly crazed with liquor.
96. WHO WAS RESPONSIBLE? A DRUNKARD'S RACE
THAT ENDED IN DEATH. (Full Page) DESIGNED
BY CHARLES COPELAND...... To face 440
As he reached the summit of the long steep hill on his return, and began its
descent, he saw over his shoulder that the stage was close behind him. He whipped up his horse and dashed down the hill at a furious speed. One of the wheels
of the wagon rolled off, and he was thrown with great violence against a boulder
by the roadside. His skull was fractured. He was taken up and carried home
dead.
97. AN EXPECTED ATTACK........ 445
I dropped a little behind him to defend him from any attack in the rear.
98. THE RUNAWAY SLAVES, ANTHONY BURNS AND
THOMAS SIMS, RETURNED TO SLAVERY- THEIR
MARCH THROUGH THE STREETS OF BOSTON.
(Full Page.) DESIGNED BY EDMUND H. GARRETT To face 453
With pinioned arms and manacled feet they marched between files of soldiers to a steamer bound for South Carolina from whence they had fled. Vast
throngs of men and women watched the procession, many weeping as they
gazed.
99. A PERSONAL EXPERIENCE WITH CHICAGO MUD... 459
I bid Mr. Livermore go to church and praise God, if he could.
100. A NARROW ESCAPE........ 461
101. ENTERING THE DARK VALLEY -" WRITE FOR HIM
FIRST; I CAN WAIT." (Full Page.) DESIGNED BY
HOWARD HELMICK....... To face 474
I came upon a poor fellow evidently near death. He accepted my offer to
write a letter to his mother, but pointing to a comrade in the next bed, said,
"Write for him first; I can wait," and I was obliged to obey. Noticing that
my eyes sought him constantly he beckoned feebly to one of the nurses who
turned him in the bed that I might not be disturbed by his whitening face and
shortening breath. And when I moved to his bedside to receive his dictation he
had passed beyond the need of my services.