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Five Hundred Dollars, by Horatio Alger
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Title: Five Hundred Dollars or, Jacob Marlowe's Secret
Author: Horatio Alger
Release Date: May 2, 2007 [EBook #21270]
Language: English
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FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS,
OR, JACOB MARLOWE'S SECRET.
BY
HORATIO ALGER, JR.
AUTHOR OF "THE ERIE TRAIN BOY," "FROM FARM BOY TO SENATOR," "THE YOUNG ACROBAT," ETC.
NEW YORK HURST & COMPANY PUBLISHERS
CHAPTER I.
A NEW ARRIVAL IN LAKEVILLE.
Slowly through the village street walked an elderly man, with bronzed features and thin gray hair, supporting his somewhat uncertain steps by a stout cane. He was apparently tired, for, seeing a slight natural elevation under a branching elm tree, he sat down, and looked thoughtfully about him.
"Well," he said, "Lakeville hasn't changed much since I left it, twenty years since. Has there been any change among those who are near to me? I don't know, but I shall soon