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Penitent thief plots tax payment with treasury goods
A prisoner schemes to offset taxes by sending assorted government goods in partial payment. He plans to swap items such as clothing, a ukulele, pine wood, and other odds and ends for the owed money, hoping to satisfy the treasury. He reflects on past jams and mockingly contemplates a pardon through inventive barter.
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