The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-02-20
TOO CONSCIENTIOUS HEIRS.
People Who Have Refused to Accept
Fortunes Left to Them.

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II is safe to assume, notWlthstano-
~. rho tact that human nature is
probably less black than Seneraay
painted, that the world contains very
few men who would refuse the pc
Quest OF fortune for conscience SAKE
fewer bv far than men who have
turned away from wealth in order TO
espouse women of their OWL choice.
Herr J. Brengwin, q young German
bank clerk, is one OF. the lew "ao
have set conscience before cash IN
this manner, says the London Ut
Bits For some years Herr BrengWln
has been employed at modest salary
in a branch bank in Berlin, and re-
Gently he became entitled to a lor-
tune of very nearly 100000 under
the will of an uncle Of whom ne mad
scarcely ever heard, and VINO l1'a. .hao
made him his sole heir.
Naturally enough, the young man
was delighted with. his unexpected Z
stroke OF good luck and, reslsnlng MS
clerkship he repaired to .Vlenna'
where his uncle had lived and rd'ed,
to take over the estate, the buth OF s
which was personal property
coming aware that his uncle hao :
amassed his fortune by usury anu
that his name had become a byW0rtd
in Austria. the conscientious heir ap-
solutely refused to accept a penny OF
the estate. resolutely returning TO
Berlin ard getting himself reinstated
on his old stool at>ehe bank.
What was perhaps the largest for
tune ever refused for conscience sake
was that from which Frederick n
Charring5or, the famous temperance
advocate and religious worker in the
East End of London, turned aside
Mr.. Charripgton was entitled 70 q &
share in his fathers great brewery
b,lsiness-one Of the largest. IN Lon
ion: and it is. estimated that the
share he refused was worth Sl,25o'--
900 when he made up his mind that
he would not accept it - :.5s
The story is told of how he was,
led TO make this momentous resolve
He chanced to be standing outside q Z
public house in the East End when
he saw a drunken man shot through
the doors into the arms OF Wretcheo I
locking woman, who was patiently;
awaiting him. The drunkard struck
the woman and heaped the Vilests
abuse on her without any apparent
provocation: and as they s:ouched e
away MIR Charrington, CHANGING TO-.
glance up. he saw his own name In
large gil, letters on the public house
sign. Fl was one of the brewery's
tied houses. ~ e
Such was the impression left by the
incident upon Mr. Charrington's mine.
that he vowed thenceforth to5haye no
share in The trade which was prod1c-.
tive of such resu is, but instead 10 I
devote himself to the cause of tenn tenn
peranca md rescuins the outcasts Of
East London, a work he has at the
utmcst self sacrifice pursued ever
since Ess, - -
How much do they pay you for: or {:
wearing that bit Of blue ribbon . SIS
sneerinaiy inquired an impertnent
young man of Mr.: Charrinston on, one &
occasion.
AS .,esrly as can make out an
swered Nr. Charring1on with a bland
smile, 1T costs me eao.oo0sa year -
Some eight or. rine. years ago a
well known West End physician died, 7.
leaving fortune of rather more
than eiO.OOO. The whole of this
amour, vas bequeathed to a nephew
with contingent remainder to certain
charities should the beneficiary refuse
the. beqHest. the. object Of the testator
being to deprive daughter, who had
married contrary to his wishes Of the
estate -
The nephew. however. although the z
fortune must have been a sore temp
tation to him, objected to being made
an instrument Of. his :uncle's1 posthu-
nous sr;te, and announced his inten-
ton OF refusing the fortune directly
he was made aware OF the terms OF
the wiz. Upon being pointed out to
him that his refusal would only ere
ate the contingenc provided for and
not benefit him or his cousin, he's
forma. iv accepted the fortune and
then transferred it sby deed of gift
to the. soung lady who had been so {
unfairly dealt with by her father:
Unhap.;ly. her husband more than
justified the deceased : physicians
prejudice against him, and promptly
gave up his practice aud began to
dissipate the fortune. He died, how
ever. before he had made away with
half the estate. and in due course his
widow married the cousin who had 5
so conscicntiousIy refused the fortune {
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