The $500 Check — page 229: what you’re looking at

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CHAPTER XXyV. AN ADVERTISEMENT AND WHAT CAME OF IT. In JACOB left the office at five o'clock, and Bert, who had been ex- ploring the lower part of New York, went uptown with him on the Sixth Avenue road. They got out at Twenty-third Street, and Jacob Marlowe led the way toa large, roomy house near Seventh Avenue. He took out a night-key, and opening the outer door pro- ceeded to a large, handsomely furnished apart- ment on the second floor, with a bedroom attached. ‘‘This is where I live, Bert,’’ he remarked, as he took off his hat and hung it up ina closet. Bert looked around him. To him the room looked quite luxurious, being furnished in a style which would compare favorably even with Squire Marlowe’s, the best house in Lakeville. 210 Gomichoo ss) (E(@) m