The $500 Check — page 257: what you’re looking at

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CHAPTER XXVIII. BERT’S FIRST APPEARANCE ON ANY STAGE. ERT eyed the actor with amazement, rather disposed to doubt his sanity. ‘*Do you mean me?”’ he said. ‘* Certainly.”’ ‘‘ Has he ever acted?’ asked Pearson, the | second actor, doubttfully. ‘No, but he can act. Vll undertake to train him.”’ “There isn’t much time. Hazleton can’t appear to-night.’’ ‘Don’t worry! Tl see that he is not missed.’ | As Pearson wentaway, Orville said: ‘* You'll help us out, won’t you, my boy ?2”’ ‘What do you want me to do?” asked Bert, his heart beating with excitement. ‘* Take the part of anewsboy. You've seen and heard them in the streets of New York, haven’t you ?”’ 238 Gomichooks