The $500 Check — page 218: what you’re looking at

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

BERT FORMS A RESOLUTION. 199 friend of father, who called here a few weeks since.”’ ‘¢ Bert,’’ said his mother slowly, ‘‘ Mr. Rob- Inson was not your father’s friend. It was your father himself.” Bert looked the picture of astonishment. * Why did you not tell me, mother ?’’ ‘‘How could I? You did not even know that he was alive. Ever since then I have been seeking an opportunity to tell you the truth.’’ ‘‘T am glad to know. What did father have to say ?”’ ‘*He thinks he has found out—at any rate he has strong suspicions—who was the real thief for whom he suffered.”’ ‘‘Who isit, mother? Is it any one I ever knew ?”’ ‘¢’'Yes, Bert.”’ ** Tell me quick.”’’ ‘‘Then you must promise to keep it secret till we are in-a condition to prove the truth of our suspicions. It was Albert Marlowe.” ‘The squire #”? s° Yes,’’ Gomicboo (E(@) m <S