The testament to five sons
Printed page 126
PDF page 134 · Calmar, 1836
Page 126, passage p126-s001
funds most graciously to grant him five riksdaler banco per month, for as long as he was a non-commissioned officer and served with distinction.
medel nådigst förunna honom fem R:dr B:ko i månaden, så länge han vore Underofficer och med beröm tjenade.
Page 126, passage p126-s002
At the same time a relative who held a higher military post in an infantry regiment was pleased to receive my fourth son, with a promise to advance him within the regiment according to merit and ability.
Wid samma tid täcktes en anhörig, som innehade en högre militärpost vid ett Infanteri-regemente, emottaga min fjerde son, med löfte att inom regementet framdraga honom enligt förtjenst och skicklighet.
Page 126, passage p126-s003
A considerable burden was thus lifted, and I now had remaining only my fifth son, nine years of age, about whose future I ought all the less to despair, since his exceptionally good qualities promised that he would never be hidden from the eye of the Almighty.
En betydlig tyngd blef således aflyftad, och jag hade nu endast öfrig min femte son vid nio års ålder, om hvilkens framtid jag desto mindre borde misströsta, enär hans utmärkt goda egenskaper lofvade honom att aldrig blifva gömd för Allmaktens öga.
Page 126, passage p126-s004
He accompanied his parents, and we left this costly place of residence, where for my own part I could obtain nothing but constant promises without execution, with which our healthy stomachs found themselves in no way satisfied or content.
Han följde sina föräldrar, och vi lemnade detta kostsamma boningsställe, der jag för egen del ej kunde förvärfva annat, än ständiga löften utan verkställighet, hvarmed våra friska magar på intet sätt funno sig nöjda eller belåtna.
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In the most complete perplexity as to where I should seek another home, I chose the former district, where amid many days of sorrow we had nevertheless counted so many happy ones and where we had always been surrounded by sympathetic fellow human beings.
I den fullkomligaste villrådighet hvarest jag skulle söka ett annat hemvist, utvalde jag den förra orten, der vi bland många sorgedagar ändock räknat så många glada och der vi alltid varit omgifne af deltagande medmenniskor.
Page 126, passage p126-s006
We could indeed no longer appear as independent as formerly, since my store of money during two years' residence in Stockholm had so
Wi kunde väl numera ej visa oss så oberoende som fordom, emedan mitt penningeförråd under tvänne års vistande i Stockholm hade så