The Deacon's Reward (1911)
Deacon Jones, a pillar in the village church, and the richest man in town, has a worthless nephew, who he is finally forced to disinherit. The deacon becomes lonely and resolves to take up some sort of employment as a pastime. He becomes a collector of bad accounts for a house-furnishing store and causes the discharge of a young clerk in an office, when the latter's employer reprimands the clerk for not paying his debts. By an odd coincidence the old deacon, in performing an act of kindness is led to the clerk's home, by the clerk's little girl, where he is shocked at the poverty he sees. His sympathy is further aroused when he finds he is the cause of fresh sorrow tor the family and finally resolves to take them to his home. This proves to be a wise move, as the spendthrift nephew, now a common thief, has planned to rob the old man, but is caught by the clerk, who also saves the old man's life from the murderous intentions of his worthless relation.
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