COPYRIGHT BYSEPTIMA M. COLLIS1889The Knickerbocker PressElectrotyped and Printed byG. P. Putnam’s Sons
COPYRIGHT BYSEPTIMA M. COLLIS1889The Knickerbocker PressElectrotyped and Printed byG. P. Putnam’s Sons
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TO HER WHOSE TEACHINGS AND EXAMPLE MOULDED MYCHILDHOOD, WHOSE BLESSINGS AND WHOSE PRAYERSFOLLOWED AND SUSTAINED ME IN MATURE LIFE,AND WHOM GOD I HOPE WILL SPARE FORMANY AND MANY A YEAR THAT I MAYHAVE TIME TO PAY HER A TITHE OFTHE GRATITUDE AND LOVE I OWEHER,—MY DEAR SWEET MOTHER,—IDEDICATE THESEFEW BRIEF INCIDENTSOF MY ARMY LIFE.July, 1889.Septima M. Collis.