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CONTENTS | |
| I. | MASTER FINK RELATES CERTAIN INTERESTING PARTICULARS CONCERNING HISAPPRENTICE, GIDEON WOLF. |
| II. | A LOVE-CHAPTER IN THE LIFE OF MASTER FINK. |
| III. | MASTER FINK HAS A SINGULAR DREAM. |
| IV. | MASTER FINK HAS A SINGULAR DREAM. |
| V. | RELATES HOW GIDEON WOLF WAS SEEN BY OLD ANNA PLAYING CARDS WITH THE DEVIL. |
| VI. | PRETZEL THE MISER, WITH THE EVIL EYE. |
| VII. | GIDEON WOLF PROPOSES TO ADOPT MASTER FINK AS HIS FATHER. |
| VIII. | MASTER FINK RESOLVES TO UNDERTAKE A JOURNEY. |
| IX. | RELATES WHAT KIND OF HARVEST MASTER FINK GATHERED IN THE COURSE OF HISJOURNEY. |
| X. | MASTER FINK HAS AN INTERVIEW WITH THE WOMAN HE LOVED. |
| XI. | RELATES HOW GIDEON WOLF LEFT MASTER FINK'S EMPLOYMENT. |
| XII. | MASTER FINK ENDEAVORS TO RESCUE KATRINE LOEBEG FROM THE EVIL INFLUENCE OFPRETZEL THE MISER. |
| XIII. | GIDEON WOLF AND HIS MOTHER BEGIN THE NEW YEAR TOGETHER. |
SELF-DOOMED.
CHAPTER I.
MASTER FINK RELATES CERTAIN INTERESTING PARTICULARS
CONCERNING HIS APPRENTICE, GIDEON WOLF.
I am truly glad to see you; this meeting has warmed my heart.It is one of life's pleasantest experiences to shake the hand of an old friend,and to learn from his own lips that he has not forgotten you in his wanderings.I am sorely grieved to hear that you have lost your faithful mate, the dearwoman who was your companion for so many years. Be comforted; we shall meet themagain, these beloved ones. Resignation, friend, resignation. There are griefswhich all mortals have to bear. Happy the man in whose heart shines the brightstar of Hope, and who derives consolation from it. It is a solace born of Faiththe comforter, and it is beyond price.
You are anxious to know what has become of my people? Namethem, friend. Gideon Wolf, my apprentice? And pretty Katrine Loebeg, too--youare curio