AB Guthrie's Bargain Summary

Many people assume that in the short story Bargain, by AB Guthrie, is a story about an old man who’s enemy coincidentally died. Looking closer into the story, it can be seen that Slade’s death was not just a coincidence. In the short story historical fiction story, Bargain by A.B Guthrie, an old man, Mr. Baumer, gives a young, tough man , Slade, a bill but Slade can’t read so he won’t pay it. They get in a fight and Slade wins. After, Mr. Baumer plots something, to one day find Slade, who had just recently been hired at Mr. Baumer’s store, dead mysteriously after he bought wood alcohol (deadly poison). Through this, you can see that Slade’s death was an act of revenge from Mr. Baumer. For example, after Slade and Mr. Baumer’s fight was