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CHAPTER IV. A FORTUNE MADE BY A VEGETARIAN.
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Perhaps one of the most remarkable1 cases of success in life is the following, as described by Mr. Napier, of Merchiston, in a paper in “Fraser’s Magazine.” He says:—
“After the reading of my paper on the vegetarian2 core for intemperance3, before the Bristol Meeting of the British Association in 1875, I was addressed by an elderly gentleman and his wife, who said my views were strictly4 in accordance with theirs. After some conversation, we adjourned5 to his hotel, where he hospitably6 entertained me, and gave me a narrative7 of his life, with permission to publish it in the interest of the good cause, suppressing his name and abode8, as he said he was particularly shy and retired9 in his habits, and had a great objection to see his name in print.
“He was born in the north of England in 1811; but although his hair was grey, he otherwise appeared better preserved by fifteen years than most persons of his age. His father was a minister of religion, and he was the eldest10 of twelve children. He was of ancient and distinguished11 lineage; but his father never having had more than £300 a-year, he was obliged to send his children out early into the world, and so at fourteen he was put into a house of business in a great northern town.
“For the first three years he had nothing but his board with one of the senior clerks; but at the end of that time he got as much dry bread and water for his lunch as he could take, and ten shilling a a-week to board and
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