ENTERTAINING AN ANGEL UNAWARES.
I * ! POOR '©OTTPLE'S EXPERIENCE/ ' '_ For giving up their onlv bed to a sick and apparently penniless beggar, Mr and Mis George Smith', a poor wqrkmg couple, residing at "Sunbury, 1 ennsyivama, havo been rewarded wilh a legacy of £I6OO. The. berecar. a man named John Feli, who was" about 80 years of age, arrived at the Smiths home at the begimrng of Mav and asked for shelter, say.'ng he was friendJess and ill.' The man looked so old and infirm that, although the Smiths had only one- bed, they gave it up to him. and themselves slept on the floor. They told Fell that lie was welcome to share 'their food, but that they had no money with which to buy medical comforts The next day the beggar produced a dircy cheque book, and drew a cheque on a Northumberland (Pennsylvania) bank for £lO The couple thought the was crazy, but. to their surprise, the cheque was duly honoured, though even then tlhey imagined that the monev was probably all, or. nearly aft of the old man's savings. Fell grew worse and died, but before the end came ho' cirew up a will leaving all that lie was possessed of to Mr and Mrs Smith for then- "kindness and self-sacrifice." The Gcod. Samaritans have found that the old beggar had nearly £I6OO deposited -in several banks. HOUSEHOLD ECONOMY. Which would you rather pay ' Eighteen pence for a small bottle of cough mixture that lasts almost no time —or 2/- for seven to eight times as much ? Of course no argument is necessary. _ One bottle of Hean'sEssence. will'make in your own home a very large bottle of cough, cold and sore throat remedy, ancl save at least 9/- for your pocket. You can prove this statement air" moment you like to try Hean's Essence. Hean's Essence is sold by chemists and stores, or post free on receipt of price 2/-, from G. W. Hean, Family Chemist, ' Wanganui. 2ii
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Timaru Herald, Volume CI, Issue 15399, 16 July 1914, Page 5
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331ENTERTAINING AN ANGEL UNAWARES. Timaru Herald, Volume CI, Issue 15399, 16 July 1914, Page 5
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