The $500 Check — page 41: what you’re looking at

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28 THE $500 CHECK. ‘“‘and when a girl she used to run barefoot on the sand. Later on she sewed straw for a living. She is no worse for that, certainly, but it doesn’t give her any claims to aris- tocracy.”’ ‘‘Do you think Percy knows about his mother’s early life ?”’ ‘‘I presume she has kept it secret from him.”’ ‘‘T shall think of it when Percy gets into one of his patronizing moods.”’ ‘¢‘ Remember, Bert, that neither he nor his mother is any the worse for her humble birth.”’ ‘*T understand that, I hope, mother, just as I don’t feel ashamed of our being poor.”’ ‘* As long as we can make an honorable liv- ing, we have no right to complain.”’ ‘‘That reminds me, mother, that I heard * bad news at the shop to-day.”’ _ §¢ What is that?” ““That the shop is likely to be shut down all next month.”’ “Why is that??? asked Mrs. Barton, an anxious look coming over her face. ‘* I believe the market is over-supplied with (E(@) Al @ JOO <S