golden years, as to vision. The foundation 

 of character which these years establish is the 

 basis upon which the future is to build. And 

 if the building is high and noble it is good to 

 look back and feel that the vision is true and 

 the foundation sure. 



"Then age approves of youth 

 And death completes the same." 



The Borough of Brooklyn, forming part of 

 the Greater New York of today, is a very dif- 

 ferent place from the Brooklyn of 1871 to 

 1879. During those years New York beck- 

 oned with alluring hand to many of the fore- 

 mxost m.en of the South and seemed to them 

 the most fertile field in which to retrieve their 

 fallen fortunes. Brooklyn had many advan- 

 tages as a home for their families. Its con- 

 venience to New York, the family life it en- 

 couraged, its nearness to the seacoast, and the 

 m.any economical conditions combined to pro- 

 vide an ideal place of residence. 



Thus it was that the father of Luola 

 Murchison came to New York and, naturally, 

 after considering the reasons given, Brooklyn 

 was selected as the place for the new home. 

 These same reasons prevailing with the father 

 of the writer, the two homes were established 

 so near each other as to be almost within hail, 

 and in this way promoted daily companion- 

 ship. 



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