“And to-day is Friday.”
“I should like to know if any money has been drawn on it?” asked Ben.
The books were referred to, and the answer came, “Forty dollars were drawn day before yesterday. Didn’t you sign the order?”
“No.”
The receipt was looked up, and the signature examined.
“Isn’t that your signature?”
“No, sir.”
“Then it must have been imitated. The resemblance is very close.”
Ben was forced to admit that it was.
At this moment Sylvanus, who had been looking out of the front window, came up and said hurriedly, “Grayson is coming, and he has a bank book in his hand.”