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care and all needed


attentions from


Captain


Hines,


and every comfort that he had power to provide, she


came


without


any escort to meet her lover at Jack-


sonville.


Here


was married


in a simple,


quiet


manner, and left that same evening for her new home.


Some few months since


I received a


letter from


this lady, from which I had intended to copy largely,
as an excellent corroboration of my own ideas of what


willing hands a
if they are led


courageous hearts may


to make a home


hope for,


Florida.


have lost the letter, and regret it all


the more, as I


had
able


planned


to visit this


to compare a


pioneer


lady, a
's life


s


requested, and


in Florida with my


own
recall


experience o
neither her


earl3
new


Western


name


nor her


can now


location


somewhere not


very far above


Little


Lake George,


she found a comfortable log cabin, or house, ready for


her.


She told me the


number


acres


husband


already cleared and. planted.


lings were just starting, and
ing were set out and thrivinE


pleasures of
brought from


simple


The orange seed-


" sour stumps ", for graft-
. She spoke of the quiet


housekeeping-the


the North, that were viewing in


flowers
beauty


with


the wild plants and vines


she had


transplanted


to brighten


beautify


rustic


home,


with an


earnestness that proved her a fit wife for an enterpris-
ing pioneer.
 Her chickens and other poultry were also a source


of great pride to her, and


deservedly, as she had been


very successful in rearing them, and even in this short


time


quite


a flock.


Chickens,


eggs,