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A Wandering Forest Keeper and a Hidden Treasure
In a German mountain valley an old forest-keeper recalls planting saplings on rocky ledges to stabilize the cliffside and shares a tale of his son who fled with money. The son steered toward America, but the father hid his hundred thalers in a hymn-book given to church for safekeeping, and the plot centers on faithfulness, miserliness, and the power of memory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wlarth
Brocken
J & Little
Fabian
Henry
America
Seabil
Hartz
Bayes
Ald
Dasayer
Mass
Frice
P. Hall & CO
Warhua