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After the reward money has been paid, Squire is unaware that the gents are penniless. They had to repay everyone who loaned them money, and the interest took everything they had left. When Cedric enters Squire’s office, the old-timer butters the lad up, until he discovers that Cedric’s dad made him put his money from the reward into annuities.
Elsewhere, grandpap enters the Jot Em Down store to collect his loan repayment.
As grandpap counts his money, lum manages to use his Justice of the Peace position to talk grandpap out of charging such high interest the guilt trip working?? Is it illegal to overcharge interest? The plan works a little too well, and grandpap refuses all interest, not wanting to be set up for jail time,
