The Washington herald., 1920-05-06
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srobbed Of their precious pennies.
tIcs too late to remedy the evil.
aYou can't pay them back"
OF course" said Dan. lighting
/, his pipe. I'VE 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 es-
: specially. except for q toasted
ecraeker with the Roquefort. But
:. we might md a few Of 'em ana
, chuck some OF dads cash back
!. !. where II came from. I'd feel better
:. if could. II seems tough for peo-
!, pie TO be held up for q soggy think
alike bread. One wouldn't mind
!, standing a rise in broiled lob.
> sters or deviled crabs. Get to work
and think. Ken. I want to pay
> back all Of that money I can"
I, There are plenty. Of charities,s
said Kenditz. mechanically.
Easy enough" said Dan, in a
I cloud of smoke. II suppose I
. could give the city a park. or en-
), dow an asparagus bed in q hos
;; pitaL But don't want Paul to
:, get away with the proceeds of
? the gold brick We sold Peter. It's
the bread shorts I want to cover,
/. Ken"
Z The thin fingers of Kenwitz
= moved rapidly.
do you know how much money
lit would take to pay back the
:. losses Of consumers during the
I, ,corner in fiour?' he asked.
Il do not" said Dan, stoutly.
, MY lawyer tells me that I have
two millions"
: IF you had a hundred mill
Ions" said Kenwitz, vehemently.
!. you couldn't repair q thousandth
b part Of the damage that has been
:, done. You cannot conceive the
. accumulated evils produced by
: misplaced wealth. Each penny
) that was wrung from the lean
: purses of the poor reacted a thou
Z sandfold to their harm. You do
! not understand You do not see
/. how hopeless is your desire to
= make restitution. Not in a single
!, instance can 1t be done"
/. Back up philosopher" said
!. Dan. "The penny has no sorrow
. that the dollar cannot heal"
Not in one instance" repeated
. sKenwitz Il will give you one, and
: let US see. Thomas Boyne had a
: little bakery over theTe in Var
. lex street. He sold bread to the
:, poorest people. When the price
9 of flour went up. he had to raise
:. the price of bread. His custom
+. ers were too poor to pay II.
Boyne's business failed, and he
lost $1,000 capital-all he had in
: the world"
Dan Kinsolving struck the park
I bench a mighty blow with his fist
"I accept the instance" he
, cried. Take me to Boyne. I will
, repay his Thousand dollars and
. buy him a new bakery"
" write your check" said Ken
+, witz, without moving. "and then
> begin to write checks in payment
: of the train of consequences.
f, Draw the next one for $4,000.
: Boyne went insane after his fall
! ure and set fire to the building
! from which he was about to be
evicted. The loss amounted to
; that much. Boyne died in an
asylum"
: "Stick to the instance" said
Dan. 81 haven't noticed any in
4 surance companies on my charity
list"
Draw your next check for
100000" went on Kenwitz.
F. "Boyne's son fell into bad ways
after the bakery closed, and was
accused Of murder. He was ac-
quilted last week after a three
years legal battle. and the State
draws upon taxpayers for that
much expense
Back to the bakery? ex-
claimed Dan. impatiently. The
government doesn't need to stand
/, in the bread line"
9 "The last item of the instance Is
come. and 1 will show YOU" said
KenwitZ, rising
. The Socialist matchmaker was