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Show imparted about her mother and little sisters. Time had been unkind to each of them, but at last the uncertainties regarding their loved ones were finally eased. Johnn was dismayed and shaken by the conditions under which his "little pet" had lived, and he was determined to do something about it. He had pioneered a plumbing business in St. Louis and had become a very wealthy man-considered by many people to be a millionaire. He offered his daughter everything to tempt a woman's heart if she would take her children to St. Louis where they could gain fine educations and enjoy material advantages-and she would be freed from her demanding way of life. However, all of those promises were conditioned upon her renouncing her beliefs and membership in her church. Wilhelmina was not interested, nor tempted by his proposal, for the gospel as she knew it meant more to her than all of her father's wealth; and close to her heart she still held the dear and bright image of her mother, Anna, along with her love for the gospel of Jesus Christ. It was the same image that had carried Wilhelmina through her adversities and helped her to endure and survive in spite of them. LAST GOODBYES After a month with Wilhelmina and her children, Johnn and Augusta left for their homes in St. Louis. It was a 46 |