They had furnished him with several check-vouchers, and other specimens of Mr. Dalton's handwriting procured at his office.
He greeted them warmly and asked, with a smile:
"I suppose you are curious to learn the result of my labors?"
"We are," assented Old King Brady, taking a chew of tobacco.
"I've finished my investigations."
"And what is the result?"
"That signature is a rank forgery."
"A poor one?"
"Very."
"Let us see."