I mean, we’re only here for a little while. A little while. The money, it stays behind, it gets spent while we’re here but it cannot buy friendship.
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=horatio+alger
There was a whole generation after the civil war influenced by the horatio alger books.
Back in 1977 I lost my wallet in Memorial Stadium in Little Rock AR (I was in the college marching band). Next game in Little Rock weeks later the guy who found it returned it.
Good to read. I do look forward to a time when such things are unremarkable and unnewsworthy.
I honestly believe that 99% of people are basically good and honorable. That remaining 1% f’s it up for everyone.
A refreshing story, given how the left is pushing redistribution of wealth.
I once dropped my wallet on the floor and a person picked it up and politely handed it back to me. I tipped him for his honesty in spite of the fact he didn’t want anything.
You never forget honest people like that.
That’s a nice story. If it happened to my kids, I would only change one detail. I would not have our names printed up or be photographed. Why? Because some desperados will assume we accepted some of that cash money that was offered to us, and may try to get it from my family. I know that sounds cynical, but I know enough about human nature to be careful.
Great!!!
Let’s see. I lost my wallet once and got it back with ID and credit card intact, but no cash.
I found a guy’s wallet once and returned it. The thief had stolen the cash but he didn’t find an old Silver Certificate $10 bill his deceased wife had given him decades before. He cried when I told him about it.
My dad went into a small grocery store once and laid his wallet on the counter as he paid. When he got back to the car, only a few feet away, he realized he left his wallet and returned inside. It was GONE in less than a minute! Sad.
Glad this one had a happy ending.
My mom found a wallet near a bus stop many years ago and got in touch with the woman who owned it. You could see the wallet was rifled through.
The owner showed up and she went through her wallet and said everything was there (IDs credit cards kid’s pictures) except for the cash
She went on to accuse my mother of stealing the money out of the wallet! She walked away giving mom the stink-eye.
No good deed goes unpunished, lol.
There have been studies on honesty in the general population.
It has been found through research about one-third will NEVER steal. One-third will steal if given the opportunity. Another one-third will make a real effort to steal and feel no remorse.
I remember years ago two teenage boys were walking across a hotel parking lot and saw the trunk of a car open with nobody around.
They saw a gym bag full of cash in the trunk. They grabbed the bag and took off. It contained thousands and thousands in cash.
The next day, the teenagers went to the local motorcycle store and each bought an expensive “crotch rocket” motorcycle, paying cash. As I recall, one of them immediately wrecked his brand new motorcycle. The county sheriff’s department investigated and found out about the bag of cash. The guys surrendered the money and the bikes. The newspaper ran a story about it.
As last was reported in the local newspaper, NOBODY EVER CAME FORWARD TO CLAIM THE CASH.
Perhaps two young criminals made off with the loot of more serious criminals.
Awesome story. Bet the kids aren’t in public education.
Just a few years ago, there was a local story near Nashville TN.
A local widow was holding a yard sale. She was struggling to make ends meet after her husband passed away.
One of the sale items was a small file cabinet.
A woman bought the file cabinet for something like $10 and took it home. She found $5,000 in cash hidden in a small compartment.
She took ALL of the money back to the widow as soon as she found it.
Super good story! Such a change from all the bad stories out there these days.
Thank you for letting us know about this great story. We are all in need of hearing things like this
Bless this family.
Mr. Mercat dropped his wallet with about $100 in 20s when he went tubing. A group of church kids found it and went around town looking for the owner (small town) and eventually found Mr. Mercat. He gave them enough for pizza. Good kids.
I am glad she got her vax card back.
Do you see?
There is still decency in people. That is refreshing news!
Eternity records our deeds so might as well accumulate the gold stars and sending forward to the great beyond.
Wonderful story. I love the photo of all 4 of them.