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But when he asked for a raise , they told him he was lucky to keep the job , -- they reduced him , instead , to seventy-five dollars . He was angry at the stinging rebuke . He determined to make them smart , to show them what he could do . `` One noon he went out to lunch and -- they have been looking for him ever since . He had taken half a million in cash , stocks , and bonds , unregistered and hence easily hypothecated and traded on . '' `` And his motive ? '' she asked .