The $500 Check — page 294: what you’re looking at

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HIRAM FRENCH, OF CHICAGO. 275 **That will be cheaper. I don’t mind going with you to keep you company.” ~ “Do you know of any good house 2?” ‘*I know a very comfortable boarding-house on Monroe Street, kept by Mrs. Shelby, a widow lady. My sister once boarded there, when visiting Chicago.”’ ‘*That will suit me, I think. Would you mind going ’round with me?’’ ‘*T ll take you there, with pleasure.”’ The two, on arriving in Chicago, went at once to Monroe Street, and called at the boarding- house. ‘‘T am glad tosee you, Mr. Pearson,”’ said the widow cordially. ‘‘Is your sister with. you?”’ ‘* Not this time.” “‘ Are you going to play here? “Yes; I shall appear at Hooley’s Theatre all next week.’’ ‘Is that young gentleman your brother ?”’ ‘No; he is one of our actors, Mr. Bert Barton.”’ ‘‘He looks young for an actor,’’ said the landlady, surprised. GOmichoo ‘S (E()