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flocked around her + hugged + kissed her the same way as they always do. She is very popular where ever she goes + are crazy to have her sing even Mamie told her Sunday she was proud of her + the song was touching it brought tears to many of their eyes. The way it was sung + the silence in the church afterwards told the story. It was his favorite + she never sung better in her life the whole church went wild + the women came to put their arms around her + said [[?]] it was beautiful. They are crazy over Mrs. Barry where ever she goes + all want her for her cheerful manner. 
The Harringtons have leased their house + the christian Science people are going to put the bronze tablet on right away this week. She has funny notions what she is going to do but darned if I want my name dragged into her work-blazoned before the public + shall come pretty near telling her so. she is a first in her talking, tires you to death. but suppose she means all right. She wants me to draw a [[dew plant]] for her to pattern after for the center of a bed quilt. there I can hardly a straight line that was the flower Mrs. Glover had on the stand in her room it had small leaves something this shape [[image: handmade drawing of a leaf]] and a dark pink flower the leaves looked as if they were covered with dew, it grew flat + branched out, the flowers covered the plant [[image: another drawing]] something like it, I gave the plant I had to Mrs. Longyear. They are not common now, she wanted it to go with that stand it used to sit on. Now the Longyear Foundation people want me to identify the stand. It had six corners after this style [[drawing of a hexagon]] claw like legs. My great grandmothers table very ancient Ma.