The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-01-01

DOOR,
Dams arm with the grip of friend
and judge.
'You can't do it!' he said emphat-
ically. zone of the chief punish
ments of you men of i'll gotten wealth
Is that when you do repent you find
that you have lost the power to make
reparation or restitution. l admire
your good intentions, Dan, but you
can't do anything. Those people were
robbed Of their precious pennies. It's
too late to remedy the, evil You can't
pay them back"
"Of course" said Dan, lighting his
pipe, "we couldn't hunt up every one
of the buffers and hand 'em back the
right change. There's an awful lot of
'em buying bread all the time. Funny
taste they have. I never cared for
bread especially, except for a toasted
cracker with the Roquefort. But we
might find a few of 'em and chuck
some of dads cash back where it
came from. I'd feel better if could.
It seems tough for people to be held
up for soggy thing like bread. One
wouldn't mind standing a rise in broil-
ed Holsters or deviled crabs. Get to
work and think, Ken. l want to pay
back all of that money can
There are plenty of charities" said
Kenwitz mechanically.
"Easy enough" said Dan in cloud
of smoke. Il suppose could give tho
city park or endow an asparagus bed
in hospital But | don't want Pau /
to get away with the proceeds of tt
gold brick we sold Peter. It's tie I
bread shorts | want to cover, Ken.I
The thin fingers Of Kenwitz mofd |
rapidly.
DO you know how much moneF 1t |
would take to pay back the losses OF
consumers during that corner IN
-four p he asked.
Il do not" said Dan stoutly. 'My
lawyer tells me that I have two mil
lions"
IL you had a hundred millions, said I
Kenwitz vehemently, you ouldn't rel
pair thousandth part off, damsgs
that has been done. You cannot cor
ceive Of the accumulated evils PIP
dueed by misapplied wealth. Eeh
penny that was wrung from the Fan
purses of the poor reacted thouand
fold to their harm. You do not fnder-
stand. You do not see how Upeless
Is your desire to make restitutbn. MOI
N a single instance can it be zone.
Back up, philosopher aid Dan.
"The penny has no sorros that the
dollar cannot heal"
Not in one instance" epeated Ken
WITT. II will give yog one and let
US see. Thomas Boyre had a little
bakery over there II Varick street.
he sold bread to TIE poorest people.
When the price ofEfour went up he
had to raise the price of bread. His
customers were too poor to pay 1t,
Boynes business failed and he lost
his S1oOo capital-all he had in the
world
Dan KinsOlving struck the park
bench mighty blow with his fist.
81 accept the instance" he cried.
Take me to Boyne ! will repay his
dollars and buy him new
bakery
Write your check said Kenwitz
without moving, and then begin to
write checks in payment of the train
Il consequences. Draw the next one
or $50, oO0. Boyne went insane after
lis failure and set fire to the building
rom which he was about to be evict-
ID. The loss amounted to that much.
3oyne died in an asylum"
'sstiek to the instance" said Dan.
4 haven't noticed any insurance com.
>anies on my charity list"
Draw your next check for 500, 900,
vent on Renwitz. sBoyne's son fell
INTO bad ways after the bakery closed
md was accused of murder. He was
acquitted last week after three
pears legal battle, and the state draws
spon taxpayerse for that much ex-
,ense.
ssBack to the bakery exclaimed
Dan izapatientIy. 'sThe government
ioesa't need to stand in the breat
IsmAn