K--.' "It was great fun to watch uncle--he's very dignified in his official capacity.

He frowned as it was handed him, as if not liking the intrusion into holy routine.

He did not open it at once but sat there holding it rebukingly--me chuckling down in the family pew.

Then he adjusted his glasses and opened it--ponderously.

I wish you could have seen his face! One of our friends said he supposed it read, 'Will give fifty thousand.' He quickly recalled his robes and suppressed his grin, contenting himself with a beatific expression which must have been very uplifting to the congregation.