tatum paid all the bills , the grocer , the tailor , the cobbler , the doctor , the lawyer , the judge , the bailbondsman , the blacksmith , the veterinarian , the wheelwright , but tatum never paid his people , and well he didnt , for if he did , as he was only too glad to point out , their money would be thrown away on the wind and theyd be in even greater debt to their benefactor , as he truly considered himself to be .