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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1940
Page
6
A bleak survey of toys shows popular items like teddy bears and race cars sharing the shelf with warlike playthings. Manufacturers report explosive fortresses and submarine battleships as favorites, featuring sleek sea raiders with a turret and a front firing projectile that detonates on impact and reassembles for quick reuse.
A banker recalls a fifteen year old party debate on capital punishment. A fierce two million wager with a lawyer leads to a life changing gamble as the banker contemplates debt, ruin, and escape, while the old clock marks the midnight hour in a staged escape from his ruined fortunes.
A famed short story writer presents a parable where a billionaire banker bets a lawyer fifteen years of confinement. The lawyer endures isolation with music, letters, and study, gaining languages and philosophy. In year ten he hints at escape but ultimately dies or vanishes as the banker discovers a mysterious figure and a final gunshot signals freedom.
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