The $500 Check — page 227: what you’re looking at

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208 THE $500 CHEOK. ‘‘T may be able to throw a little business in his way. One good turn deserves another.”’ ‘*T wish you would, Uncle Jacob. Mr. Con- way refused to accept a fee, knowing that I could not afford to pay him.”’ Uncle Jacob asked other questions as the dinner proceeded. Finally Bert brought out his most important piece of news. ‘‘T have just found out that my father is still alive,’’ he said. ‘‘'Yes, I knew that,’’ returned Uncle Jacob calmly. You knew it ?”’ ‘‘ Yes, he has been to see me.” ‘‘He has! When 2’ ‘< Last week.’ ‘You don’t think him guilty of the charge which was brought against him ?”’ ‘No; I think him a badly used man.”’ . “TIT wish that I could be the means of prov- ing his innocence.”’ ‘*T mean that you shall be.”’ Bert surveyed his uncle in surprise. ‘‘In fact, it is for that reason I have sent for you. Your father has put his case into GOmMmichoo “S