“Then I will answer you. When the note was given me, I noticed that it was on the Park Bank of New York.”
“Will you be kind enough to see if you can find it?”’
“Certainly.”
The jeweler opened his money drawer, and after a brief search, produced the bill in question.
It was a five-dollar bill on the Park Bank of New York, as he had already told the boys.
“Now, Mr. Washburn,” asked Wilkins, trying to repress his excitement, “will you examine the back of the bill, and see if there is any mark on it.”
The jeweler did as requested, and announced, after slight examination, that there was a cross on the back of the bill in the upper right hand corner.
“Hurrah!” shouted Ben, impulsively.
To the wondering jeweler he explained his precise object in the inquiry he had made, and the boys were complimented by Mr. Washburn for their shrewdness.
“If I ever meet with a loss, I shall certainly call on you for assistance, boys,” he said.