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Show STOLEN MONEY WELL INVESTED. Thief Returns Amount Taken with More Than Compound Interest. The happiest man in New York is Adam Brede, chef in a lunchroom. Over 20 years ago Brede deposited $50 in the Se mans' Bank for Savings. With a I ;nd he attended a festival that niglic, and when he left the hall he fonr i that both his friend and his bankbook had disappeared. The other night he encountered his friend, who greeted him effusively, and said: "Here is that bankbook, Adam. It has hurt my conscience for 20 years, but it was the means of saving my life. After leavin.' New York I went to Albany. From there luririeu-cut to San Francisco, where I started a fruit business. 1 prospered, and at the end of 18 years was worth about $50.-000. $50.-000. I arrived here last Sunday and have been looking for you ever since." He then handed over the bankbook and $5,000 for interest. |