me.

I found a little restaurant near the Providence depot for sale. I made
arrangements at once to buy the place for thirty-five dollars, and the
next day I brought Lawrence and my things from Wellesley Hills. I paid
two dollars a week rent for my little restaurant, and did very well.
The next spring I sold the place for fifty dollars, in time to get a
place at the beach for the summer.

Lawrence got a position in a drug store, and kept it four years. Then
he went to Hampton College, Hampton, Va. After finishing there, he
came back and then went to the World's Fair in Chicago. After that he
took a position on one of the Fall River line boats. At the outbreak
of the Spanish War, he enlisted in Brooklyn as powderman on the
battleship Texas. He was on the Texas when the first shot was fired.
He was present at the decoration of the graves of the American
soldiers in Havana, and also at the decoration of the battleship Maine
after she was raised. After the war, he came to Brooklyn and got an
honorable discharge. Then he served as valet to a rich New York man,
who travelled a good deal. About the middle of last November (1906)
Lawrence came to Boston to see me. He is now in Atlantic City, a
waiter in the Royal Hotel.

In 1888, I was married, at 27 Pemberton Street, to Samuel H. Burton,
by Dr. O. P. Gifford. After my marriage, Mr. Burton got a place in
Braintree as valet to an old gentleman who was slightly demented, and
he could not be satisfied until I joined him. So I put our things
into storage and went to Braintree. I remained there ten months, and
then came back to Boston. Then I got a position as head matron in the
help's dining-room in a hotel at Watch Hill, R. I. My husband was also