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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 Seamans' Bank for Savings. With a friend he attended a festival that night, aud when he left the hall ho found that both hla 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 leaving New York I went to Albany. From there I drifted out to San Francisco, where I started a fruit business. I prospered, and at the end of IS 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. |