The $500 Check — page 213: what you’re looking at

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194 THE $500 CHECK. terms. Our circumstances and ways of living wore the same. We lived in a double house, Albert occupying one tenement, we the other.’’ ‘“Were you and Mrs. Marluwe friendly then ?”’ ‘** Yes; she had not yet become a fine lady, but did her own work, dispensing with a ser- vant. We lived plainly, and, if anything, your father was the more prosperous of the two, aS we managed to save from fifty to seventy-five dollars a year, while I don’t be- lieve Albert saved anything. But one day a terrible thing happened. Mr. Weeks, the senior partner, was a trustee and guardian for some minor children. <A part of their property was invested in United States bonds, 5-20’s as they are called. He kept them in his safe in the factory. One morning when he opened the safe they were missing. You can imagine the dismay of the guardian and his indignation against the unknown thief. The loss was pub- licly proclaimed, and a reward of one hun- dred dollars was offered to any one who could and would give any information that would lead cS (E(@) Al G JOO