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Updated: May 1, 2025
"And no wonder, after fifteen years and more. It is fully that old, isn't it Miss Williams? You will have to superannuate it shortly, and return to the old original letter-box my letter-box, which I remember so well. I do believe I could find it still." Kneeling down, he thrust his hand through the thick barricade of leaves into the very heart of the tree.
A preacher in our church cannot get even the little it affords from the superannuate fund until he has been on the superannuate list a year; and if he gives up his work in the middle of the previous year that means he must go, say, eighteen months without resources. That is a long time when you have not been able to save anything, and when you are old and sick.
Mr Drummond will retire from business as soon as he can wind up his multifarious concerns. I have but one more to speak of the old Dominie. It is now two years since I closed the eyes of this worthy man. As he increased in years so did he in his abstractions of mind, and the governors of the charity thought it necessary to superannuate him with a pension.
"For that matter, I've seen service enough and done deeds sufficient to deserve being made a commander or post-captain." "Long life to you, Captain Crowhurst!" exclaimed Gerald. "If I was a Lord of the Admiralty I'd promote you to-day and superannuate you to-morrow. I don't suppose the service would be greatly the loser."
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