The $500 Check — page 291: what you’re looking at

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972 THE $500 CHECK. sald, ‘‘but to me you seem recklessly extravagant.’ ‘“ Because I come in here? Well, perhaps so. WhenI find I can’t afford it, Pll gotoa cheaper place. Have you seen Mary Barton lately ?”’ ‘Yes; sheis well. By the way, what have you done with her boy ?” ‘* He is travelling.”’ ‘‘So IT heard. It seems to mea very foolish proceeding. Who is paying his expenses ?”’ ‘* Himself.’’ “Is he working, then?’ asked the squire in surprise. ‘‘Yes; he is a member of the ‘Streets of Gotham’ company, and is earning his living as an actor.”’ ‘s What does he know about acting ?”’ asked the squire in amazement. ‘*It appears that he is giving satisfaction. He sent me a paper containing a highly com- mendatory notice of his first appearance.’’ ‘‘Tt won’t last,’’ said Albert Marlowe, his wish being father to the thought. W hen he returned to Lakeville that evening, Gom C JOO ESS (