The $500 Check — page 221: what you’re looking at

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202 THE $500 CHECK. ‘‘Mr. Jacob Marlowe. Is this the office ‘where he is employed ?’’ ‘* Yes,’’ answered the man, with a smile. Bert hardly needed this assurance, however, as he had already discovered Uncle Jacob sit- ting in an inner room, at a desk, conversing on business, apparently, with an elderly man of dignified appearance. ‘* He will soon be at leisure,’’ said the one who had just entered, and seated himself at another desk in the outer room. “That must be Uncle Jacob’s employer,”’ thought Bert. ‘<'W hat news do you hear of the mine?’’ he heard the elderly man ask. ‘‘Hixcellent,’? answered Uncle Jacob. ‘‘ It has gone up five points within two weeks. The output is steadily increasing. ‘*Do you know anything of it from your own knowledge 2’’ ‘“Certainly ; I ought to, for Il was myseli its discoverer.”’ This rather surprised Bert. ‘“It was a rich find,’’ continued Uncle Jacob, ‘‘and I have no hesitation in pulls it on the New York market.”’ Gomichbooks