One Carpenter Spent His Savings to Keep Five Young Siblings in His Woodshop

said, pulling a twenty from his clip and putting it back. “If you are going to be like that about it.”

He reached for his back pocket to find the rest of the bills.

“Just take it,” I said. “Three hundred and sixty is fine.”

He laid the bills on the corner of the bench and did not offer his hand again. I watched him carry the small side table out to his continue reading …