The $500 Check — page 16: what you’re looking at

Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.

; A NEW ARRIVAL IN LAKEVILLE. 3 ‘‘Ha!’’? ejaculated the old man, evidently interested. ‘‘ Albert Marlowe, isn’t it?’ ‘‘Yes, sir; do you know him ?”’ ‘‘T haven’t met him for tw2n y years, but we are acquainted. I suppose he is prosperous.” ‘¢He is considered arich man, sir. Heisa - gelation of mine.”’ ‘‘Indeed! What then is your name?” asked the old man, eagerly. ‘¢Herbert Barton—most people call me Bert Barton.” Bert was surprised at the keen scrutiny which he received from the traveller. ‘‘Was your mother Mary Marlowe?’’ the latter asked. ‘Yes, sir,’? returned Bert. ‘*Did you know her, too ?”’ ‘“T ought to; she is my niece, as the man you call Squire Marlowe is my nephew.” ‘Then you must be Uncle Jacob, who has lived so many years in California ?’’ said Bert, excitedly. ‘‘The same.”’ ‘‘Mother will be very glad to see you,” added Bert, cordially, ECORNICLIOC cS (E(0) m