At the beginning of the novel, Homer watches as Spangler pays for a young man's "send money so I can come home" telegram to be sent, learning as he watches the first of many lessons he is about to learn about compassion. Later in the novel, however, Homer is absent when the same young man returns, driven by a profound personal desperation to an attempt to steal money from the telegraph office at gunpoint. Once again exhibiting profound compassion, not to mention considerable courage, Spangler talks the young man out of what he plans to do and offers him support.
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