Mr. Baumer Is Responsible For Freighter Slade's Murder

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This difference between justice and revenge is that justice is right; it moral and fair, and is honest and unbiased. Revenge on the other hand is fueled by bias and anger, causing spontaneous and regrettable actions. In the short historical fiction story Bargain, by AB Guthrie, Mr. Baumer, a store owner in a small town, is faced with the town bully, Freighter Slade, when Slade does not pay for a bill from Mr. Baumer, Mr. Baumer fights against him, and sets him up for an unexpected death. Mr. Baumer is responsible for Freighter Slades death. Slades death was an act of revenge. Mr. Baumer is responsible for Slades death because when Al, a part time worker in Mr. Baumers store, discovers poison that Mr. Baumber planted in his freight, that killed