# The Story of a Life

Author: Ellis, J. Breckenridge (John Breckenridge), 1870-1956; Carr, O. A. (Oliver Anderson), 1845-1912 [Contributor]

Genre: Category: Biographies

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/37677

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=The+Story+of+a+Life+Ellis&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

The nurse was speaking of little Mattie Myers, who lived in the old Kentucky town of Stanford. The child was seldom to be seen engaged in those sports natural to children. She was grave, quiet, thoughtful. Her one amusement was found in her family of dolls; she was always their teacher, and they were daily going to school to her. For companions, she chose those who were much older than herself, and she would sit by the hour, soberly listening to theological discussion, weighing, in her infant mind, the arguments of learned men.

## Chapters

- [CHAPTER X.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-story-of-a-life-37677/chapters/10/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-story-of-a-life-37677/chapters/6/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XVI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-story-of-a-life-37677/chapters/16/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XVIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-story-of-a-life-37677/chapters/18/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-story-of-a-life-37677/chapters/11/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XVII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-story-of-a-life-37677/chapters/17/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-story-of-a-life-37677/chapters/14/index.md)
- [CHAPTER V.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-story-of-a-life-37677/chapters/5/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-story-of-a-life-37677/chapters/3/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-story-of-a-life-37677/chapters/15/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-story-of-a-life-37677/chapters/12/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-story-of-a-life-37677/chapters/13/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-story-of-a-life-37677/chapters/4/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-story-of-a-life-37677/chapters/2/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-story-of-a-life-37677/chapters/1/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IX.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-story-of-a-life-37677/chapters/9/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-story-of-a-life-37677/chapters/8/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-story-of-a-life-37677/chapters/7/index.md)