Five Hundred Dollars; or, Jacob Marlowe's Secret
on," said Bert to his mother, when he went h
r's favorite brother-always kind and
n. His face is browned up, as if he ha
ears since he went to California. D
lthough his clothing is neat and clean
im none the less warmly. It will indeed seem l
bringing in wood and doi
ou how long he intended
and then he started to call on the squire. Do you know, mother, I am rat
ought to be well received by Albert Marlowe, for when Albert's father was in trouble Jacob lent him fi
be very cordial. You know
m his mother, who is extremel
of a high
arton
barefoot on the sand. Later on she sewed straw for a living. She is no wor
knows about his mo
has kept it s
n Percy gets into one of
he nor his mother is any the
mother, just as I don't feel
n honorable living, we ha
er, that I heard bad n
is t
ikely to be shut do
s. Barton, an anxious l
h shoes, and it is thought best to suspend
mother, gravely. "I earn
I could get a job
. Besides there are hands enough for all that
mething, mother," said Bert, hop
y till the tim
knock at the door. Mrs. Ba
s it really you?" sh
old man, his face lighting up. "I've been w
believe it is really you. Now tell me wh
aps I shall think of one bimeby. Now
b; but as long as Bert and I have our heal
ooking about the plain little sitting-room
u will find many
his seems like home
use is finel
e; but I don't think I should ev
invite
, with a smile, "I don't think the inv
y n
t and the whole fam
ey would judge that f
nd plain in my tastes, and that
u had, Unc
ize in your own case. I am an old man, to be sure, bu
b, it would be comfortable t
iarch. I'm only sixty-five, and I can
be sick, Un
pleasant things, Mary. I
stay with us. You will always find
b, earnestly. "Would you really be willing to ta
d Mrs. Barton, heartily. "I hope you didn
ch since you were a girl. Well, Mary, I
le Jacob. I was afraid Albert wou
s talk about other things. Remember, I haven't heard any family
tion as Uncle Jacob suggested, and when he had occ
It is nearly ten o'clock. I ough
you as far as the house. It
's house as the church clock struc
n to his room, and being fatigued he soon fell
s, Uncle Jacob, in which I can assist you? If you would like to con
!" thought
on in years, and can't work as well as I could once. Do you think it
owe, with an expression of ho
d dollars, which I think would be e
quire Marlowe. "Didn't you tell me you had a
t mining stocks, and after a whil
pauper!" said th
and I hope with that to get starte
that appeared on the faces of Percy and his
fe, "may I speak with
nly, my
ou can!" she said, imperiously. "He
" said the squire.