Captain Jethro crossed his legs. “I come over to cash a couple of checks I got by mail,” he said. “Had plenty of time so I thought I'd drop in and see you a minute.”
“Oh, yes, yes. Glad to see you.”
“Um-hm. Ain't so glad to see me as you was to see Martha Phipps, I guess likely. I ain't depositin' any five thousand dollars. 'Twas five thousand she just deposited, wasn't it?”
The cashier was rather annoyed. He did not answer at once. His visitor repeated the question.
“Martha just put five thousand in the bank, didn't she?” he asked.
“Why—yes. Did she tell you she was going to?”
“No. I heard Eldridge say five thousand when he give her back her bank book. Five thousand is a lot of money. Where'd she get it from?”
“I don't know, Cap'n, I'm sure. Little more spring-like out to-day, isn't it?”
“Um-hm. Martha been borrerin' from the bank, has she?”
“No.”