STRANGER'S KINDNESS
HELP FOR POOR FAMILY hip An anonymous act of extreme kindness at Devonport during the week caused sur- i: prise and happiness to a family in strait-' ened circumstances. £!; A small boy, poorly clad, was playing in the street on a chilly (morning, when he was spoken to by aj stranger, who asked why the child was bare-footed on ' such a cold. morning. Onr being told that the boy had no. boots tne stranger moved on, and a little later a grocer's boy arrived at the child's homo with a large basket of goods. He assured the housewife, who protested that she could not possibly afford the groceries, that thejr had already been paid for, with instrnc- • tions to send them to her address. The grateful woman proceeded to nn- % pack the goods arid was further astounded to find a £5 note included with a bag of sugar. was only by inquiring from her son that the woman gained some indication who had been responsible for the gift. - :
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21296, 24 September 1932, Page 12
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