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I Want to Grow the Farm and Pay the Debt
Selina faces a choice between living for Dirk and chasing beauty through work and growth. Aug Hempel urges practical farming, drainage, and high grade crops while outlining a future in business and schooling. Selina borrows money to fund the dream, promising to repay, and ten years later becomes a bank head, preserving keepsakes of a life shaped by ambition and sacrifice.
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South Water Street Commission
Dirk
Aug Hempel
Selina
Junle
Jule
Tulle
Miss Fister
Selmna
Michael Arnold
Eugene
August Hempel
Rip van Winkle
Thera
Julie
Duffy
Seling
Yards & Rangers Bank
TL. O. U
Hempel
Pervus
Infanta Eulalle
Spain
Julie Hempel
Clana
Ileda
Schwengauer
Mattie Schwengauer
Emma
Ida
Chicago