Idaho high school diploma offer turns charity ploy
In a tense exchange a man admits the scene was a staged wager. Gallayes explains an orphanage party plan and a janitor job offer after Shorty balks at the money moment. Shorty reflects on Boise's 1882 high school opening and 1885 diploma milestone.
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Christmas Mercy Turns Tramp Into Dreamer
Shorty Cavendish, a broke wanderer, receives a five dollar Christmas gift from a stranger. He uses the money to help a mother and child buy a wagon for their hopeful child, then returns to the curb grateful and inspired as a frozen city night falls.
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Jimmy
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