[StrictlyBus] [Editorial] any way -> anyway

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<p>Four years later Dan came back to Washington Square with the accumulations of B. A. and two years of Europe thick upon him. He took a filial look at Septimus Kinsolvings elaborate tombstone in Greenwood and a tedious excursion through typewritten documents with the family lawyer; and then, feeling himself a lonely and hopeless millionaire, hurried down to the old jewelry store across Sixth Avenue.</p>
<p>Kenwitz unscrewed a magnifying glass from his eye, routed out his parent from a dingy rear room, and abandoned the interior of watches for outdoors. He went with Dan, and they sat on a bench in Washington Square. Dan had not changed much; he was stalwart, and had a dignity that was inclined to relax into a grin. Kenwitz was more serious, more intense, more learned, philosophical and socialistic.</p>
<p>“I know about it now,” said Dan, finally. “I pumped it out of the eminent legal lights that turned over to me poor old dads collections of bonds and boodle. It amounts to $2,000,000, Ken. And I am told that he squeezed it out of the chaps that pay their pennies for loaves of bread at little bakeries around the corner. Youve studied economics, Dan, and you know all about monopolies, and the masses, and octopuses, and the rights of laboring people. I never thought about those things before. Football and trying to be white to my fellow-man were about the extent of my college curriculum.</p>
<p>“But since I came back and found out how dad made his money Ive been thinking. Id like awfully well to pay back those chaps who had to give up too much money for bread. I know it would buck the line of my income for a good many yards; but Id like to make it square with em. Is there any way it can be done, old Ways and Means?”</p>
<p>“But since I came back and found out how dad made his money Ive been thinking. Id like awfully well to pay back those chaps who had to give up too much money for bread. I know it would buck the line of my income for a good many yards; but Id like to make it square with em. Is there nyway it can be done, old Ways and Means?”</p>
<p>Kenwitzs big black eyes glowed fierily. His thin, intellectual face took on almost a sardonic cast. He caught Dans arm with the grip of a friend and a judge.</p>
<p>“You cant do it!” he said, emphatically. “One of the chief punishments of you men of ill-gotten wealth is that when you do repent you find that you have lost the power to make reparation or restitution. I admire your good intentions, Dan, but you cant do anything. Those people were robbed of their precious pennies. Its too late to remedy the evil. You cant pay them back”</p>
<p>“Of course,” said Dan, lighting his pipe, “we couldnt hunt up every one of the duffers and hand em back the right change. Theres an awful lot of em buying bread all the time. Funny taste they have—I never cared for bread especially, except for a toasted cracker with the Roquefort. But we might find a few of em and chuck some of dads cash back where it came from. Id feel better if I could. It seems tough for people to be held up for a soggy thing like bread. One wouldnt mind standing a rise in broiled lobsters or deviled crabs. Get to work and think, Ken. I want to pay back all of that money I can.”</p>