An Aberdeen woman who keeps ft lodger went to hear a famous preacher. The sermon, which was on the subject of ' Charity,' was so impressive that she mentally vowed mover to turn a beggar away from her door again. Sho nad not long to waii lor an* opportunity of practising charity, for next day a beggar rang her bell and asked for a morsel of bread. Sho told him to wait a minute, ran qilickly into the house, and cut off a generous slice of bread—from the lodger's loaf The woman who stood before the window in the bank was beginning to get a little. restless. Sho had been standing in the receiving teller for a quarter of an hour, and ho seemed to bo quite unaware of her presence. At last she became too irritated to keep quiet another moment. "Why don't you pay attention to-mo?" "I'm sorry. ma f am; we don't pay anything here, was tho short but polite jtjjljr, " Next window, pleas©,"
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Evening Star, Issue 19409, 18 November 1926, Page 9
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166Page 9 Advertisements Column 6 Evening Star, Issue 19409, 18 November 1926, Page 9
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