The $500 Check — page 14: what you’re looking at

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@oh $500 CHECK: OR, JACOB MARLOWE’S SECRET. CHAPTER I. A NEW ARRIVAL rN LAKEVILLE. LOWLY through the village street walked an elderly man, with bronzed features and thin gray hair, supporting his somewhat un- certain steps by a stout cane. He was appar- ently tired, for, seeing a slight natural eleva- tion under a branching elm tree, he sat down, and looked thoughtfully about him. ‘“< Well,”’ he sail, ‘‘ Lakeville hasn’t changed much since I left it twenty years since. Has there been any change among those who are near to me? I don’t Know, but I shall soon find out. Shall I receive a welcome or not? 3 HalC iin GOmichoo