"No, sir."
"How much of a balance have you there?"
"About fifteen thousand dollars."
"It's past banking hours now, Smithy, so I tell you what you'll have to do. Take these blank checks here and make out one to—"
"Albert Tescheron," said I.
"One to Albert Tescheron for—let me see—for $10,572.68, and one to Benjamin Hopkins for $1,010. You will then have to bunk in here to-night with me until I learn that these parties have collected the money. Then you can go, but you'll have to pack out of town and stay out."
"How would the cash do, captain?" eagerly asked Smith.
"Got it with you?"
"I can telephone for it and have it here in twenty minutes."
"Take this 'phone and do it. We'll wait."