Published in Short Stories 1894 When a man has battled with poverty all his life, fearing it as he fought it, feeling for its skinny throat to throttle it, and yet dreading all the while the coming of the time when it would gain the mastery and throttle him — when such a man is told that he is rich, it might be imagined he would receive the announcement with hilarity. When Richard Denham realized that he was wealthy he became even more sobered than usual, and drew a long breath, as if he had been running a race and had won it. The man who brought him the news had no idea he had told Denham anything novel. He merely happened to say, " You are a rich man, Mr. Denham, and will never miss it"