Only those nearest to her In her confidence 

 could have any idea of the number and vari- 

 ety of her beneficent deeds. 



Such a spirit as that of Luola M. Sprunt 

 can never die. Her life here will be an ex- 

 ample and inspiration for those who are left 

 to mourn her loss, and time will not dim the 

 beauty of her sweet, strong personality. 



"The reason firm, the temperate will, 

 Endurance, foresight, strength and skill ; 

 A perfect woman, nobly planned. 

 To warn, to comfort and command." 



— Lucile Wright Murchison. 



"She lingers there like sunshine over the ground. 

 And ever I see her soft white fingers searching after the 

 bud she found." 



We sometimes playfully called our dear 

 one the "Stormy Petrel" because of her al- 

 most unceasing activity, but even that wan- 

 derer upon the wide ocean finds rest upon the 

 heaving bosom of the sea, and when her 

 physical power waned and the headache warn- 

 ing must be heeded, she ever turned with 

 thankfulness to our country home, fourteen 

 miles down the river, which brought relief and 

 steadiness to her overwrought nerves. 



We linger at Orton, the most attractive of 

 all the old colonial estates on the Cape Fear. 

 For a hundred and ninety-one years it has sur- 

 vived the vicissitudes of war, pestilence, and 



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