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CONTENTS.

 

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CHAPTER I.

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Why this Story was written.—"It is no Place for Women."—Fulfilling the Promise.—Braving Popular Opinion.—How more brave ones might have been saved.—A Memory in every Household. — In the next Conflict.—Leaving Home.—Home-sick Fancies.—Journeying to Baltimore.—The bare Shelf and the hungry Mouths.—Welcome from the Boys.—The Box from home

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CHAPTER II.

My Work found,—Our Hospital Building.—Dreaming by the

Hearth-stone.—"She will soon play out."—Finding temporary Board and Lodging.—Making a new Friend.—First Experience in a Southern Boarding-house.—Washing "Pet's" Face.—The Midnight Howl.—Taking new Quarters.—Kindness of the Men.—Signs of Autumn.—Our Surgeons. — A slight Attack.—Hospital Fare. — Demise of the brindle Pup.— Good Gifts.—The

fatal Box

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CHAPTER III.

Proposals for Thanksgiving Dinner.—For the entire Hospital.—Requisitions for the Feast.—A doubtful Survey—The Larder