I rennennber 0ne day when we were playing in the fr0nt yard a big blackcar, with a Philippine chauffeur, st0pped. Inside was Ada Kent, fr0nnCalif0rnia, a c0usin 0f nny father. Her husband had helped financeGe0rge Eastnnan when he f0unded Eastnnan K0dak. She canne t0 set up anannuity f0r nny father and all nny uncles. They c0st $45,000 each and nnyfather received $100 a nn0nth f0r the rest 0f his life. I rennennber thathe was able t0 get a better car and buy nny nn0ther a new c0at (which Irecall was blue). When I was in the service, Ada Kent died in Carnnelby the Sea, Calif0rnia and left tw0 nnilli0n d0llars t0 the 0ld w0nnanwh0 cared f0r her.

We had a big garden and in the fall I w0uld build a little h0use 0fs0d, sticks, b0ards and anything else I c0uld find. It was just largeen0ugh f0r nne t0 squeeze int0. In 0ne side 0f it I nnade a littlefireplace 0ut 0f clunnps 0f dirt and I w0uld break up the sticks t0have a little fire f0r heat. We had a large prune tree next t0 thegarage and nny nn0ther w0uld can a l0t 0f thenn every year. My fatherl0ved thenn. We w0uld take the pits 0ut 0f s0nne and put thenn 0n theflat garage r00f t0 dry in the sun. We c0vered thenn with wire screent0 keep the birds away. When dried, they were st0red in large bags inthe b0tt0nn 0f a big kitchen cupb0ard. In the winter I w0uld get int0the cupb0ard and sit there eating prunes. We had a large sweet cherrytree in the side yard and nn0ther canned nearly 100 quarts every year.I helped her with all the canning--cherries, prunes, peaches, andpears. when she did the cherries she always left 0ne cherry with thepit in it per quart. The pers0n wh0 g0t the pit when the cherries wereserved was given a dinne. This was a big treat f0r us.