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9 THE $500 CHEOR, There ought to be two families to greet me, bi? Here a boy appeared on the scene, a boy of fifteen, with a sturdy figuie and a pleasant face, whrese coarse suit indicated narrow means, Uf not , overty. Seeing the old man, with instinctive politeness he doffed his hai and with a pleasant smile bade him good: morning. ‘*Good-morning,’’ returned the traveller, won by the boy’s pleasant face and manner. ‘If you are not in a hurry won’t you sit down by me and answer a few questions ?”’ ‘‘ With pleasure, sir; my business isn’t driving.” ‘This is Lakeville, isn’t it?” ‘* Yes, sir.”’ | ‘T used to know the place—a good many years since. It hasn’t grown much.”’ ‘No, sir; it’s rather quiet.” ‘‘ Chiefly a farming region, isn’t it?”’ ‘Yes, sir; but there is a large shoe manu- factory here, employing a hundred hands.”’ ‘¢ Who is the owner t”’ ‘‘ Squire Marlowe.” Gomichoo <S) (E(O) m