CONTENTS

Chapter.Page
I.Introductory[11]
II.My Early Life and Schooling[17]
III.My Novitiate Life[23]
IV.A Virgin Spouse of Christ—My First Mission[37]
V.My Begging Expedition—St. Vincent's Hospital—Routine of a Sister[47]
VI.How I Educated Myself—I Become Superintendent of the Third Floor at St. Vincent's[61]
VII.Sacrament of Penance—Mass and Communion—Extreme Unction—Indulgences—Annual Retreat[72]
VIII.My Trip to the General Mother House[85]
IX.I Receive My Diploma for Nursing from St. Vincent's Hospital—Trouble Among the Sisters[103]
X.My Removal from St. Vincent's Hospital[122]
XI.Two Interesting Letters from Sisters—My Letters for Redress to Archbishop Christie[130]
XII.My Emancipation[144]
XIII.I Quit the Roman Catholic Church[155]
XIV.Form for Dispensation of the "Holy" Vows—My Suit and Settlement With the Sisters of Charity[165]
XV.My Recommendation from the Doctors of Portland—The Good Samaritan—I Affiliate With a Protestant Church—My New Work[181]
XVI.My "Advertisement" in the Catholic Sentinel[191]
XVII.The Care of Old Sisters by the Roman Catholic System[199]
XVIII.Conclusion[205]
Appendix[217]