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Arcadian Adventures with the Idle Rich

CHAPTER SIX: The Rival Churches of St
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There are windows with priceless stained glass that were imported from Normandy, the rector himself swearing out the invoices to save the congregation the grievous burden of the customs duty.

There is a pipe organ in the transept that cost ten thousand dollars to install.

The debenture-holders, as they join in the morning anthem, love to hear the dulcet notes of the great organ and to reflect that it is as good as new.

Just behind the church is St.Asaph's Sunday School, with a ten-thousand dollar mortgage of its own.

And below that again on the side street, is the building of the Young Men's Guild with a bowling-alley and a swimming-bath deep enough to drown two young men at a time, and a billiard-room with seven tables.


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