its outlook on a fair garden, the graciousness 

 of the accomplished hostess — all presented a 

 picture long to be remembered. 



Again, how dear to her friends is the recol- 

 lection of Mrs. Sprunt in her rose garden, her 

 arms full of the lovely blossoms she was gath- 

 ering for her visitors. Among these memo- 

 ries, first and foremost must stand the picture 

 of Orton, where the fairy-like touch of the 

 lovely owner had made the historic old plan- 

 tation a scene of unique beauty. How truly 

 gracious and sweet she was to her guests at 

 this most hospitable Southern estate ! 



Nothing, it would seem, so delighted her 

 loving heart as giving comfort and pleasure 

 to others. She responded immediately to the 

 suffering and needy, whose wants she so unos- 

 tentatiously relieved, and her messages of 

 sympathy for her friends in sorrow, so affec- 

 tionate and consoling, gave utterance to 

 thoughts of great beauty, reflecting as they 

 did the blessed truths of her Lord and Master 

 Jesus Christ. 



Mrs. Sprunt's impulses were wonderfully 

 kind and strikingly effective, springing as they 

 did from the warmest and most generous of 

 hearts, the echo of her own deep spirituality. 



She gave of herself in the most enthusiastic 

 manner, whether in the gift of a beautiful 

 bouquet of her Orton hyacinths or in the erec- 

 tion of a hospital for suffering little children, 

 for all time. 



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