What can I do for you, ladies? asked the banker pleasantly.
Why, began one of the visitors, we are taking up a subscription and we knew you wouldn’t like it if we didn’t give you an opportunity to subscribe.
The banker bowed graciously and asked: And the object? Of course it is a worthy one, or you would not be interested in it.
Yes, sir, replied the spokeswoman, we think it a very worthy object. It is to build a home for aged and indigent widows.
Excellent! Excellent! I shall take pleasure in making you out a check.
Oh, how lovely of you! exclaimed the spokeswoman when she received the bit of paper and read the amount—one hundred pounds. Oh, we didn’t expect to get that much from you. We are ever so much obliged.
So good of him! and similar exclamations were heard as the check was passed around for the admiration of the party.
But, said the lady who handled the check last, you haven’t signed it.
That is because I do not wish my benefactions known to the world, said the banker modestly. I wish to give the check anonymously. And he bowed the ladies out with great dignity.