The One Who Had to Pay
"Why, old man, won't yon sit down and have a game with me?" "No, thank you," answered young Childs. The butler of the gambling house entered, "A letter for you, Mr. Archie." The letter was f... Read all"Why, old man, won't yon sit down and have a game with me?" "No, thank you," answered young Childs. The butler of the gambling house entered, "A letter for you, Mr. Archie." The letter was from his father, a well-to-do farmer, and a very prominent man in a little town upstate. It... Read all"Why, old man, won't yon sit down and have a game with me?" "No, thank you," answered young Childs. The butler of the gambling house entered, "A letter for you, Mr. Archie." The letter was from his father, a well-to-do farmer, and a very prominent man in a little town upstate. It contained a check for $1,000. "The last," the old man wrote, "he would send." At four o'c... Read all