"No," he continued, looking Ralph in the face, as the midnight hummed around, and the bats softly fluttered like gigantic moths outside, "your father is silent for the sake of the good name of the Marrow kirk; but this thing shall never be said of his own son, and the only hope of the Marrow kirk-the lad she has colleged and watched and prayed for-not only the two congregations of Edinburgh and the Dullarg contributing yearly out of their smallest pittances, but the faithful single members and adherents throughout broad Scotland-many of whom are coming to Edinburgh at the time of our oncoming synod, in order to be present at it, and at the communion when I shall assist your father."
"The Lilac Sunbonnet"
S.R. Crockett
Yet nothing was saved; always such pittances as he could raise, or she, were spent upon the small gambling devices in which the city abounded, no matter whether he had food or not.
"The Way of the Gods"
John Luther Long
Educated men, devoting their lives to teaching the young, receive mere pittances.
"Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie"
Andrew Carnegie