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IS 4.2 Story of an Emigrant.
countrymen and get something to do for such as could work.
I went to him one day to ask for advice or assistance, just as
a great many had done before me. I was so weak and
sickly that they had to assist me in getting into the house, but
they received me as if I had been their own son, and, after a
short rest, Mr. Johnson took me to one I)r. Ober, who
care-full v investigated my mental as well as my physical condition,
and told me that such hard work as I had been doing would
kill me, and that I ought to rest and take it easy. He was
one of those magnanimous, noble men who are to be met
with in all climes and walks oi life, but who are easily
recognized because they are so few. As I have said before, I
have been very fortunate in getting acquainted with the best
men and women of different classes and nations with which
I have come in contact. While we were sitting in his
reception room the doctor suddenly left us and went into his
private room. In a short time he returned accompanied bv
his wife, a ladv whose silvery locks and benignantly symp
-thizing looks made her seem more beautiful tome than a
madonna. Having simply taken a hasty look at me, the doetor
and his wife again withdrew, and when they returned he
offered to let me stay with them like a member of the family
in order that he might try to restore my health; he also
allowed me to avail myself of his library and to attend school,
the onlv condition being that I should do chores around the
house and take care of the horses.
I moved the same day, got a pleasant room and a snug
bed, good, substantial food, and, above all, good and
friendly treatment, so that from the time I came there until
the day I left, I felt as if I had been a child of the house,
Dr. Ober, who was a religious man, belonged to the
Baptist Church, and as I now lived under its beneficient influence,
and also became acquainted with the Swedish Baptist
Pastor, Rev. G. Palmquist, and a few others who constituted
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