The Empty Sack

“Mr. Collingham will see you in his office before you go.” Watched by every clerk in the bank, Josiah Follett turns toward the meeting with a smile he must repeat to himself just to keep walking.

In an American banking house ruled by the cold arithmetic of supply and demand, sixty-three-year-old Josiah has come to ask for a raise. Instead, his employer tells him he has not earned his salary—and that working harder will change nothing. With five mouths to feed and a family already scraping by on his wages, Josiah must face what dismissal would mean, while the bank’s polished language makes hardship sound like simple business. Can a lifetime of honest work count for anything when the people who hold the power have already decided it doesn’t?

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