Inhaltsangabe
This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1899. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... cations that man is blessed with. That is man's heritage which I have trampled under my feet, and it made me miserable. Henceforth I will look heavenward, where my heavenly Father dwells. He is my ideal, and I will lead an ideal life, which begins with noble aims and uprightness, and I will develop on those principles." CHAPTER VII. "I am now an orphan, and were it not for my wife and daughter, I would stand alone in this great world without kin," said ohn Tafelfeld, as he entered his office. He continued his soliloquy: "I feel sad; my soul is indeed in mourning for my good parents. No son ever had a better mother or a nobler father than I had. Blessed be their memory! What a difference there was between their wedded life and that of our neighbors--Mr. and Mrs. Martin Martinoff! It is now nearly thirteen years since the patrol wagon carried the father and his son Conrad to prison. I wonder what became of them! On that same Christmas Day my good father presented me his photograph;" and with those words the merchant prince withdrew it from his bosom, and lovingly exclaimed: "Of all my possessions, vast and valuable as they are, this is the greatest treasure that I own. Father, although though art no more among the living on earth, thy sanctified spirit lives in the celestial regions and reflects through me thy glory on earth. What I am and whatever I possess, I owe to your good teaching and to your good example. Your wise words were my guide' that assured me success far beyond my most sanguine expectations. This photograph has been my talisman. It shall always abide near my heart. The office boy now entered and said: "A man wants to see you. He has no card, nor would he give his name and business. Shall I show him in?" "How does he look?" "He is a stalwart man, su...
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