Generosity
A story is told regarding the late Lord Kitchener concerning the time of the campaign in the Soudan. He was accompanied by a telegraphist who informed him one day that his mother was ill. The man accordingly applied for his discharge, and Kitchener sent for him. “Dont yon think you could help your mother without going homo ” he inquired. “I’d sooner go homo, sir," the man replied. “Oh, very well, I suppose you know your own business best,” said Kitchener. ‘That will do.” The telegraphist went out feeling that his chief was offended and when the time came for him to go ho went to say good-bye to Kitchener, feeling somewhat uncomfortable. The latter received him rather coldly, and as he was about to go said rather curtly, “Here, just take this note to the paymaster for me.” The man did as he was bid, and was walking away when the paymaster stopped him, “Here,” he said, “I’m to give you this by Lord Kitchener’s orders,” at the same time handing him the equivalent of a, ten-pound note in Egyptian money.
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Manawatu Times, Volume XL, Issue 13948, 29 July 1918, Page 2
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182Generosity Manawatu Times, Volume XL, Issue 13948, 29 July 1918, Page 2
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