he gave; for whenever he
thought now of the sum he was worth, the figures themselves, in
clean-cut lines, popped before his eyes. It was very curious. He could
actually see them in his own handwriting. He rubbed his eyes, and the
figures disappeared.
Well, he gave a good deal, anyhow--a good deal more than most men, he
reflected. He looked at the later stubs and was gratified to find how
large the amounts were,--they showed how rich he was,--and what a
diversified list of charities he contributed to: hospitals, seminaries,
asylums, churches, soup-kitchens, training schools of one kind or
another. The stubs all bore the names of those through whom he
contributed--they were mostly fashionable women of his acquaintance, who
either for diversion or from real charity were interested in these
institutions.
Mrs. Wright's name appeared oftenest. Mrs. Wright was a woman of fortune
and very prominent, he reflected, but she was really kind; she was just
a crank, and, somehow, she appeared really to believe in him. Her
husband, Livingstone did not like: a cold, selfish man, who cared for
nothing but money-making and his own family.
There was one name down on the book for a small amount which
Livingstone could not recall.--Oh yes, he was an assistant preacher at
Livingstone's church: the donation was for a Christmas-tree in a
Children's Hospital, or something of the kind. This was one of Mrs.
Wright's charities too. Livingstone remembered the note the preacher had
written him afterwards--it had rather jarred on him, it was so grateful.
He hated "gush," he said to himself; he did not want to be bothered with
details of yarn-gloves, flannel petticoats, and toys. He took out his
pencil and wrote Mrs. Wright's name on the stub. That also should be
charged to Mrs. Wright. He carried in his mind the total amount of the
contributions, and as he came to the end a half-frown rested on his brow
as he thought of having to give to all these objects again.
That was the trouble with charities,--they
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Reverend Nehemiah Adams (born February 19, 1806; died October 6, 1878) was an American clergyman and writer. He was born in Salem, Massachusetts, in 1806 to Nehemiah Adams and Mehitabel Torrey Adams. He graduated from Harvard University in 1826, and from Andover Theological Seminary in 1829. He was ordained as co-pastor of First Congregational Church in Cambridge, Massachusetts, that same year. In 1832, he married Martha Hooper.
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