The $500 Check — page 176: what you’re looking at

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EXPERIENCE AS A FARMER’S BOY. 159 was apparently two or three days old, and needed something to make it palatable. © ‘Please give me some butter,’’ asked Bert, not having observed that this was a prohibited article on the Wilsons’ dinner table. ‘‘There ain’t none,’’ answered ;Mrs. Wilson promptly. , ‘“T beg pardon. I hadn’t noticed,’’ said Bert, blushing. ‘We never have butter at dinner,’’ ex- plained Silas Wilson. ‘‘It’s apt to lead to humors, particularly in boys, isn’t it, Mis’ Wilson ?”’ ‘*So [ve always heard, Silas. Besides, as we have it at breakfast and supper, that’s enough. It goes fastenough, eventhen. Why, we used most a pound last week.’’. ‘‘And butter twenty-seven cents a pound !”’ chimed in the farmer. ‘*‘ Why, it’s extrava- gant!” ‘*Do you know, Silas, how much butter is used in Squire Marlowe’s family ¢”’ ‘*No,’’ answered the farmer, with interest. ‘‘Hannah—Mrs. Marlowe’s girl—told me they used six pounds and a half last week, CSi Gomichoo