The $500 Check — page 301: what you’re looking at

Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.

982 THE $500 CHEOK. Hiram French occupied a handsome house on Indiana Avenue, furnished with taste, and was, as his style of living showed, in easy cir- cumstances. He introduced Bert to his wife and daughter, who seemed at once drawn to the young actor. When he left the house the next morning after breakfast he was urgently invited to call again during his stay, and par- tially promised to do so. But he was in haste to reach Peoria, for there it was he hoped to find a witness that would vindicate his father’s mame and fame. Gomichboo Ha!