We could not but mark that many of the givers were men whose threadbare doublets and pinched faces showed that the wealth which they were dashing down so readily must have been hoarded up for such a purpose, at the cost of scanty fare and hard living.

Most of them accompanied their gift by a few words of prayer, or by some pithy text anent the treasure which rusteth not, or the lending to the Lord.
The town clerk stood by the table giving forth the vouchers for each sum, and the constant clack of his tongue filled the hall, as he read aloud the names and amounts, with his own remarks between.
'Abraham Willis,' he shouted as we entered; 'put him down twenty-six pounds and ten shillings.

You shall receive ten per centum upon this earth, Master Willis, and I warrant that it shall not be forgotten hereafter.

John Standish, two pounds.

William Simons, two guineas.
Stand-fast Healing, forty-five pounds.