Don’t Hurt Him! I’ll Buy Him, She Said — ‘Call Him ‘Savage’ All You Want… I See A Man Worth Saving

She reached into her worn purse and pulled out a small cloth bundle. Coins clinked softly as she held it up.

“Seventy dollars,” she said. “Everything I have.”

The crowd erupted.

“Eliza, have you lost your mind?” gasped Mrs. Halloway, the banker’s wife, hand flying to her throat as if scandal were a choking hazard. “You can’t bring that… that creature onto your property.”

“He’s a thief!”