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88 HENRY'S BIRTHDAY.<br />
in washing the dishes.<br />
" Father," said Henry,<br />
"would you never, in any possible case, give<br />
money to men who beg for it?"<br />
" 0 yes, Henry ; there are cases when we ought<br />
to give it," said his father ;<br />
"but they are rare."<br />
" Is there any rule to be laid down," said Mrs.<br />
Williams,<br />
" by which we can distinguish between<br />
those who are worthy of our charities and those<br />
who are not "<br />
?<br />
" We were not so much discussing, just now,"<br />
said Mr. Williams, " the question of their worthi<br />
ness or unworthiness to receive our charities in<br />
some<br />
form or other, as whether or not it is best<br />
to give them money."<br />
Mrs. Williams's attention had been called away<br />
for a moment, so that she had missed the precise<br />
point which was at issue.
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