# The Four Philanthropists

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A bit of whimsical extravagance in the vein which Stevenson struck with his Suicide Club—if, indeed, It does not lead back to De Quincey and Swift, or farther. Three men about town, about London, that is, and a young girl whom one of them succors in distress and subsequently passes off as his sister, constitute themselves a General Philanthropic Removing Company. The object of the company is to "remove" as many Enemies of Humanity as possible, and incidentally to secure subscriptions for a children's hospital in which one of their number, the bland chronicler himself, is interested.—The Nation, 24 Sep. 1908. [
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The
Four Philanthropists
By
Edgar Jepson
Author of "The Admirable Tinker," "Lady Noggs, Peeress", etc.
New York
CUPPLES & LEON COMPANY
Publishers
Copyright, 1907, by Edgar Jepson Entered at Stationer's Hall
All rights reserved
Only by the most violent effort could I refrain from hurling Sir Reginald into space.—Page 160
CONTENTS
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* I. —We Form a Company ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................5
* II. —The General Philanthropic Removal Company Marks a Beginning ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................28
* III. —The Company's First Operation ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................42
* IV. —I Play Another Philanthropic Part ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................56
* V. —We Co-opt a Fourth Director ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................72
* VI. —The Company Takes Proceedings to Collect a Debt ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................85
* VII. —The G. P. R. C. Collects a Debt ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................100
* VIII. —The Company Finds an Investment ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................114
* IX. —Bottiger's Philanthropic Inspiration ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................133
* X. —We are Foiled Again ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................151
* XI. —Another Lull ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................164
* XII. —We Get on the Track of Mrs. Judd ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................175
* XIII. —Scamped Work ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................190
* XIV. —I try my Hand on Mrs. Judd ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................209
* XV. —An Invasion ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................224
* XVI. —I am Called Upon to Play the Official Brother ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................238
* XVII. —More Proposals ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................250
* XVIII. —A Painful Business ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................266
* XIX. —The Parting of the Ways ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................281
* XX. —The Quorley Granite Company ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................300
* XXI. —A Consolidation of Interests ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................312
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