It wasn't that Luke had money to burn, but that the atmosphere at the relief shelter wasn't great.
The atmosphere was dampened by the large number of depressed community residents who had lost houses or even their loved ones.
By holding this party and organizing a charity lottery, he could promote an improvement in the situation, and should be able to help some people.
He might not gain much out of it, but all he had to do was fork out money anyway.
Nevertheless, Luke would only help those who helped themselves.
Once there were fewer people at the shelter, he would cut down on handouts.
Anyone who thought they could just eat and sleep without doing anything could dream on.
He was helping people, not raising pigs.
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May and Doris were very efficient.
They arrived that day and discussed the main proceedings with Luke.
