CHAPTER I. A GRAND-DAUGHTER OF THE REVOLUTION 13

II. THE FATHERLESS CHILD 20 III. LADY ANGELINE 24 IV. TEACHING SCHOOL 30 V. THE NEXT STEP 33 VI. COLLEGE DAYS 38 VII. COLLEGE PRODUCTIONS 47 VIII. ASAPH HALL, CARPENTER 54 IX. COURTSHIP AND MARRIAGE 59 X. ANN ARBOR AND SHALERSVILLE 66 XI. STRENUOUS TIMES 70 XII. LOVE IN A COTTAGE 80 XIII. WASHINGTON AND THE CIVIL WAR 86 XIV. THE GAY STREET HOME 96 XV. AN AMERICAN WOMAN 104 XVI. A BUNDLE OF LETTERS 116 XVII. AUGUSTA LARNED’S TRIBUTE 127 EPILOGUE 130

ILLUSTRATIONS.

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ANGELINE HALL IN MATURE FRONTISPIECE LIFE

AN OLD DAGUERREOTYPE OPPOSITE CHAPTER V

THE GAY STREET HOME OPPOSITE CHAPTER XIV

PHOTOGRAPH OF 1878 OPPOSITE CHAPTER XV

PROLOGUE.

_Dear Peggy_: As I tell you this story of the noble grandmother who, dying long before you were born, would otherwise be to you a picture of the imagination, I am going to let the public listen, for several reasons:

_First._ The public will want to listen, for everybody is interested in true stories of real folks.

_Secondly._ While your grandmother was not the most wonderful woman that ever lived, she was a typical American. Her story possesses the charm and fascination of a romance, for she was a daughter of the pioneers—those ill-fed and ill-clothed people who, in spite of their shortcomings, intellectual, moral, and physical, have been the most forceful race in history.

_Thirdly._ This story vindicates the higher education of women. Your grandmother, dear Peggy, was a Bachelor of Arts. Now it is maintained in some quarters that women become bachelors so as to avoid having children. But your grandmother had four sons, every one of whom she sent through Harvard College.

_Finally._ This story will demonstrate conclusively that college-bred women should not marry young men who earn less than three hundred dollars a year. When you marry, dear Peggy, insist that your husband shall earn at least a dollar a day. This precept will bar out the European nobility, but will put a premium on American nobility.

Signed and sealed this 1st day of November, in the year of our Lord 1908, at Annapolis, Anne Arundel County, Maryland.

ANGELO HALL.