The $500 Check — page 171: what you’re looking at

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154 THE $500 CHECK. ‘*'W hat did he buy with it?”’ ‘*He bought some doughnuts.”’ ‘Did he board with you?” asked Bert sig. nificantly. ‘Yes, he did.”’ “Then,’’ thought Bert, ‘‘I don’t wonder much that he was tempted.’’ ‘‘T’ve got fifty cents in my pocket,’’ he said aloud, producing the coin. ‘‘I show it to you, so that if you hear of my spending money you need’t think I took it from you.” Silas Wilson eyed the half-dollar with a covetous look, whici: the sight of money always brought to his face. ‘* Hadn't you better give it to me to keep for you 2” “No, thank you; lamvery careful. I shall not lose it.”’ ‘Boys ginerally are keerless. They are apt fo lose money.’’ — ‘“T don’t believe you ever lose money, Mr. Wilson.’ ‘*Not since I was a boy. I lost two cents once, but it was a lesson to me, and I’ve never lost a copper since.”’ (E(@) im C JOO cS