The $500 Check — page 172: what you’re looking at

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

BERT OBTAINS WORK. ~ 158 By this time they had reached the farm- house. Thefarmer drove into the barn and put up the horse. ** Now we'll go to work,’’ he said. The work which awaited Bert was in the corn- field. He was set to hoeing, and kept it up for three hours, along with the farmer in the adjoining row. Noon came, and Silas, paus- ing tn his work, said: ‘‘ I calculate Mis’ Wilson will have dinner ready. We'll go to the house.”’ Pa ss... 4-20.85 COMMIECLOOO KS. Conn)