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Von Senden never married. He worked on his farm from sunrise to sunset, and his labour was fully requited. The rich scrub soil gave forth its increase, and he became prosperous; but notwithstanding his prosperity he found no real joy in life, as he longed for the unattainable--his neighbour's wife. Though there were several full-bosomed German girls overflowing with life and passion, who would have been happy to give their love to him and to link their lives with his, he passed them all by and made no overtures.
When he had fulfilled the conditions of selection and had made his holding freehold, he asked his German friends and neighbours to join him in celebrating the event. In this he was assisted by his old parents, who came out from Middle Ridge for the purpose.