One afternoon he presented to
Miss Sherwood an outline for his growing plan for the development of
the Sherwood properties on the basis of good homes at fair rentals. He
discovered that, in spite of her generous giving, she had much the
same attitude toward Charity as his own: that the only sound Charity,
except for those temporarily or permanently handicapped or disabled,
was the giving of honest values for honest returns--and that was not
Charity at all.
The project of reforming the shiftless character of the Sherwood
properties, and of relieving even in a small degree New York's housing
congestion, appealed at once to her imagination and her sensible
idealism.
"A splendid plan!" she exclaimed, regarding Larry with those wise,
humorous eyes of hers, which were now very serious and penetrating.
"You have been working much harder than I had thought. And if you will
pardon my saying it, you have more of the soundly humane vision which
big business enterprise should have than I had thought."
"Thank you!" said Larry.
"That's a splendid dream," she continued; "but it will take hard work
to translate that dream into a reality. We shall need architects,
builders, a heavy initial expense, time--and a more modern and alert
management."
"Yes, Miss Sherwood.
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