"A Wasted Day" by Richard Harding Davis is a tale from the early 1900s that follows Arnold Thorndike, a rich businessman whose life takes an unexpected turn. When a former worker, Henry Spear, gets in trouble with the law for stealing, Thorndike decides to help him. The story examines kindness, the difference in lives led by rich and poor people, and the funny things that can happen when you try to do good. As Thorndike goes through the court system, he discovers the hard lives of those less fortunate, changing how he sees the world. Thorndike's eagerness to help grows, and he sees that Spear has a chance to turn his life around. The story ends with Thorndike realizing that his day wasn't wasted at all, because he found value in helping someone else and making a human connection.
A Wasted Day
By Richard Harding Davis
A chance encounter in a courtroom leads a wealthy man to confront the realities of social inequality and the redemptive power of human kindness.
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About the AuthorRichard Harding Davis was an American journalist and writer of fiction and drama, known foremost as the first American war correspondent to cover the Spanish–American War, the Second Boer War, and World War I. His writing greatly assisted the political career of Theodore Roosevelt. He also played a major role in the evolution of the American magazine. His influence extended to the world of fashion, and he is credited with making the clean-shaven look popular among men at the turn of the 20th century.
Richard Harding Davis was an American journalist and writer of fiction and drama, known foremost as the first American war correspondent to cover the Spanish–American War, the Second Boer War, and World War I. His writing greatly assisted the political career of Theodore Roosevelt. He also played a major role in the evolution of the American magazine. His influence extended to the world of fashion, and he is credited with making the clean-shaven look popular among men at the turn of the 20th century.
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