DEDICATION.
TO HER WHOSE TEACHINGS AND EXAMPLE MOULDED MY
CHILDHOOD, WHOSE BLESSINGS AND WHOSE PRAYERS
FOLLOWED AND SUSTAINED ME IN MATURE LIFE,
AND WHOM GOD I HOPE WILL SPARE FOR
MANY AND MANY A YEAR THAT I MAY
HAVE TIME TO PAY HER A TITHE OF
THE GRATITUDE AND LOVE I OWE
HER,—MY DEAR SWEET MOTHER,—I
DEDICATE THESE
FEW BRIEF INCIDENTS
OF MY ARMY LIFE.
July, 1889. Septima M. Collis.