The $500 Check — page 211: what you’re looking at

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CHAPTER XXIII. BERT FORMS A RESOLUTION. OTHER,”’ said Bert abruptly, as he entered the cottage at the close of his engagement with the farmer, ‘‘ when did father die ?”’ Mrs. Barton sank into a chair, and looked searchingly in her son’s face. ‘*Why—do—you—ask ?’’ she said slowly. ‘‘T have been told to-day that he was living only a year since.”’ ‘Who told you 2’? ‘¢Phineas Wilson, the farmer’s son.’’ ‘Did he see him a year ago ?”’ ‘Yes, in some town in Canada—near To- ronto, I believe. But, mother, you don’t seem surprised.’’ ‘“No, Bert, for I knew your father was liv- ing.”’ | ‘*Then why don’t he come home. Why 10% 8) a ate Cade EGomichooks