The Cost of Kindness (PDF, MOBI, EPUB, FB2, TEXT)
s. An example of Christian benevolence was among them
that did honour to the Church.
Here a retired wholesale clothier from the East-end of London--a
short, tubby gentleman who had recently taken the Manor House--was
observed to turn scarlet.
A gentleman hitherto unknown to them had signalled his advent among
them by an act of munificence that should prove a shining example to
all rich men. Mr. Horatio Copper--the reverend gentleman found some
difficulty, apparently, in deciphering the name.
"Cooper-Smith, sir, with an hyphen," came in a thin whisper, the voice
of the still scarlet-faced clothier.
Mr. Horatio Cooper-Smith, taking--the Rev. Augustus felt confident--a
not unworthy means of grappling to himself thus early the hearts of
his fellow-townsmen, had expressed his desire to pay for the expense
of a curate entirely out of his own pocket. Under these
circumstances, there would be no further talk of a farewell between
the Rev. Augustus Cracklethorpe and his parishioners. It would be th
