The Bargain

In the story “The Bargain” by A.B. Gawin it tells a story about two people who do not like each other one bit but have to interact because of their jobs. Mr. Buamer is a owner of a store in Moon dance, Montana, and Slade is a freighter who often works for Mr. Buamer and always stole whisky from Mr. Buamers Inventory when doing his job. Even though it seems to be that Mr. Buamer is the murderer and that he set Slade up for death there is not nearly enough evidence to say he did what he did intentionally to kill Slade. Many places in the story it shows that Mr. Buamer was and wasn't a murderer but there is not enough Indication to prove why Mr. Buamer Was a murderer you can't just assume someone is a killer.
Slade is a bad bad man who stole, lied, and didn't pay what he owed. These reasons are the reasons why Slade is dead. Mr. Buamer and Al were talking about if they should even send Slade his bill to him because he can not read. “I don’t think it’s any god to send him bill, Mr.Baumer, I said , he can’t …show more content…
Buamer could have been the murderer but could and maybe doesn't cut it when it comes to convicting a killer. Al saw that the barrell was not regular alcohol but wood alcohol, a poison. Al saw, “There in big letters I saw ‘Wood Alcohol Deadly Poison”(p.11) This proves that Mr.Baumer had a part in this killing of Slade because he knew he’d drink out of the barrel thinking it’s alcohol because it said Alcohol on the barrel which is one the few words Slade Knew sadly. As everyone knows, Slade can't read but he set Slade up to drink poison. “I don’t think it’s any good to send him a bill, he can’t even read” (p.3). This displays to everyone that Mr. Buamer Knew Slade wouldn't be able to tell the difference on the two bottles. All of this shows that if Slade would have just paid his bill and not have been a bully he wouldn't have had died drinking wood alcohol.Slade killed Slade no one but him and his actions could have killed