Excerpt from The Sheaves of Love: A Fireside Story Yet Fred Whiting, despite his faults, had an unselfish, affectionate disposition, which a happy home and judicious training would have strength ened, and which, under proper influences, would have rendered him a character estimable for all good and moral qualities. But he found little sym pathy in his family. All had different tastes, and he sought elsewhere that society and enjoyment which his own home should have afforded. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.