Transcriber’s Note:

The cover image was created by the transcriber and is placed in the public domain.

IN THE CROWD

P. A. AND P. I.

JOSIAH ALLEN’S WIFE
AS A
P. A. P. I.
 
SAMANTHA AT THE CENTENNIAL.
 
DESIGNED AS
A BRIGHT AND SHINING LIGHT,
TO PIERCE THE FOGS OF ERROR AND INJUSTICE THAT SURROUND
SOCIETY AND JOSIAH,
AND TO BRING MORE CLEARLY TO VIEW THE PATH THAT LEADS STRAIGHT ON TO
VIRTUE AND HAPPINESS.

By the Author of
“MY OPINIONS AND BETSEY BOBBET’S.”
“What are you going to write now, Samantha?”
HARTFORD, CONN.:
AMERICAN PUBLISHING COMPANY
1883.
Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1877, by the
AMERICAN PUBLISHING COMPANY,
In the office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.
To
MY JOSIAH’S CHILDREN BY HIS FIRST WIFE:
THOMAS JEFFERSON
AND
TIRZAH ANN,
THIS BOOK IS DEDICATED
BY ONE, WHO,
ALTHOUGH A STEP-MOTHER, IS STILL AS AFFECTIONATE AND FRIENDLY TO ’EM AS CAN BE.

The above is the dedication I had lotted on; had wrote all out andcalculated to have; pleasing, very, to Josiah, to the children, and tomyself. But come to think it over, I changed my mind. I thought:they have friends, and eloquent tongues of their own, and happiness;are well off, and haint sufferin’ for dedications, or any of the othercomforts and necessaries of life. And so, the above is hereby nulland void; and this is what I now solemnly declare to be my last lawfulwill and dedication of this book:—

To
THOSE WHO HAVE NO ONE TO SPEAK FOR THEM;
TO
THOSE WHO ARE IN BONDS
(ANY KIND OF BONDS,)
TO
Those whose Hearts Ache, through Injustice and Oppression;
TO
Those whose Sad Eyes Look Through Tears for the Dawning of a Brighter, Clearer Day,
THIS BOOK IS DEDICATED, AND ALSO INSCRIBED,
By Their Sincere Friend and Well-Wisher,
...

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