He was thinking of it
again that evening as he sat upon the big rear porch of the Gray home,
which looked out upon the lawn and tennis court where he and Roberta had
just been having a bout lasting into the twilight.
"I heard something to-day that surprised me more than anything for a
long time," he began, and when his sister inquired what the strange news
might be he repeated to her as he could remember it Hugh Benson's
outline of the extraordinary story about Richard Kendrick. When she had
heard it she observed:
"I suppose there is much more of that sort of thing done by the very
rich than we dream of."
"By old men, yes--and widows, and a few other classes of people. But I
don't imagine it's so common as to be noticeable among the young men of
his class, do you?"
"Perhaps not. Though you do hear of wonderful things the bachelors do at
Christmas for the poor children."
"At Christmas--that's another story. Hearts get warmed up at Christmas,
that, like old Scrooge's, are cold and careless the rest of the year.
But for a fellow like Rich Kendrick to keep it up all the year
round--you'll find that's not so commonplace a tale.
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