The Burglar Who Painted Like Mondrian
““Contribute more or less if you prefer,” it counseled, “but you must contribute something.” The chap immediately in front of us plunked down a dime. The attendant started to tell him about the suggested contribution, but our lad wasn’t open to suggestion.
“Read your own sign, sonny,” he said sourly. “How many times do I have to go through this with you vermin? You’d think it was coming out of your own pockets. They haven’t got you on commission, have they?”
“Not yet.”
“Well, I’m an artist. The ...dime’s my widow’s mite. Take it in good grace or in the future I’ll reduce my contribution to a penny.”
“Oh, you can’t do that, Mr. Turnquist,” the attendant said archly. “It would throw our whole budget out of whack.”
“You know me, eh?”
“Everybody knows you, Mr. Turnquist.” A heavy sigh. “Everybody.”
He took Turnquist’s dime and gave him a little yellow lapel pin for it. Turnquist faced us as he fastened the pin to the breast pocket of his thrift shop suit jacket.MoreLess
“Read your own sign, sonny,” he said sourly. “How many times do I have to go through this with you vermin? You’d think it was coming out of your own pockets. They haven’t got you on commission, have they?”
“Not yet.”
“Well, I’m an artist. The ...dime’s my widow’s mite. Take it in good grace or in the future I’ll reduce my contribution to a penny.”
“Oh, you can’t do that, Mr. Turnquist,” the attendant said archly. “It would throw our whole budget out of whack.”
“You know me, eh?”
“Everybody knows you, Mr. Turnquist.” A heavy sigh. “Everybody.”
He took Turnquist’s dime and gave him a little yellow lapel pin for it. Turnquist faced us as he fastened the pin to the breast pocket of his thrift shop suit jacket.MoreLess
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