Five Hundred Dollars; or, Jacob Marlowe's Secret

not a word did he let drop as to his worldly circumstances. He ap

ll fixed, Albert," he said

ell," returned the

n such a good house befor

l in with you here," went on J

ggested the squire,

id that was

village," said h

poor, ain

ehanded man. He didn't kno

eft very little

ory, and I believe his mother earns a trifle by covering base-

n seems a l

s the average of bo

ercy are quite inti

rcy, tossing his head. "His posi

veyed Percy in

kin to you,

y. "He has his friends, and I have min

Uncle Jacob, mildly. "Then, all the boys were friendly

fe will be very different from that of the boy you refer to. Any early in

I've been away so long at the mines that I h

his uncle's creased suit, and he felt

Mary and her boy to tea-we are all related, you know. We coul

ed horror-struck

ould be convenient,

see Mrs. Barton at her own hous

erhaps i

ur experiences of California are pl

lbert. I've had m

ade there," pursued the squire. "I supp

nt to the mines I had a hundred thousand dolla

ng to find out. So Uncle Jacob was rich, after all! The squire's manner became

. It isn't often I sit down to a meal like this. Do you know, there'

ht Mrs. Marlowe. "He may have mone

and cabbage here," she sa

n's mother has it very

cle Jacob really enjoys those dishes so much

it," replied Mrs.

held him as one transfigured. He was no longer a common, shabby old man, but a

was passing through his mind as he gazed genially at his countrified guest. "It would help me ama

day present," thought Percy. "Fifty dollars wouldn't be much for

from the table, "suppose you walk over to the

e me better," said J

along, Percy?"

ith a grimace. "You know I do

the squire, with a smile, "for i

Percy. "Just give me the profits of th

e!" said the squ

ought Uncle Jacob. "It seems to me the boy's

uilding of two stories, and wi

s and interested. It was on a larger scale than was common at the time he left for California, an

for this work was still done in the old-fashioned way. Uncle Jaco

, and put his hand

your busines

ered Bert,

ind it ha

m used to it. It used

your mother

, "and she says she

ill. I may call

Jacob, rejoining the squire, who stood a

elieve," was the cold re

t in his poor relations," thought Uncle J

a large business, Al

d the squire. "With twenty-five thousand dollars now, I would enlarge the fa

want to get rich

se, Uncle Jacob. I feel that I have the

I've seen enough to

ngs right," Squire Marlowe said to him