The $500 Check — page 237: what you’re looking at

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918 THE $500 CHECK. ‘* Yes, Uncle Jacob, but it ought not to come out of you.’’ “Make yourself easy, Bert. The money we spend for worthy purposes is well invested, and we are often repaid tenfold. And now, as you are unacquainted with New York, I will take you out for a walk and show you how it looks by gaslight.’’ Nothing could have pleased Bert better than this proposal. They returned at nine o'clock, and both he and Uncle Jacob retired at an early hour. (E(@) m Gomichbooks