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Hopefulness of Spirit.
Never brooded over any trouble but branched off into something else. Noticeable after the freeze when in '98 she decided to restore groves or rather to put to use land despoiled. Lame, unable to change position but little, but she was studying horticulture—studying everything she could find that would have any bearing on her groves—trying to find "something new" for the lands. No one who would call to discuss orange culture so full of hope as she. Mr. Cannon after calling told someone down street she was worth more than four of their business men.
She took such a delight in "conveniences." Joy suggested