Wilmington, N. C, Feb. 17, 1916. 



With profound sorrow I heard this morn- 

 ing of the passing of your noble wife. But 

 for her it means freedom from suffering and 

 a crown of glory for the good deeds she be- 

 stowed upon others during her life. 



Your friend, 



Rose Barry Smith. 



Wilmington, N. C, Feb. 17, 191 6. 

 I extend to you and your bereaved family 

 my deepest sympathy in the passing away of 

 Mrs. Sprunt. Of this community I am one 

 who has occasion to feel a pang of sorrow. 

 It was just at this season of the year in 1903, 

 when I had come here from Washington, 

 D. C, to recuperate from a severe sickness, 

 that Mrs. Sprunt driving by the house in her 

 phaeton noticed me sitting on the porch of 

 my sister, Mrs. E. D. Sloan. She must have 

 observed my emaciated condition and I had 

 been impressed with her modest bearing and 

 unconscious beauty. A few moments later I 

 was made aware of the identity of this most 

 excellent lady in a beautiful manner by receiv- 

 ing from her a bouquet of the prettiest and 

 sweetest roses I ever saw or expect to see. 

 I was overwhelmed at this manifestation of 

 gentle kindness, but it did me good and I com- 

 menced to feel better immediately. 



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