"Faithfully—
"Hugh Morten Whitaker."
"If it hadn't been so much in character," commented Drummond, "I'd've thought the thing a forgery—or a poor joke. Knowing you as well as I did, however ... I just sat back to wait for word from Mrs. Whitaker."
"And you never heard, except that once!" said Whitaker thoughtfully.
"Here's the sole and only evidence I ever got to prove that you had told the truth."
Drummond handed Whitaker a single, folded sheet of note-paper stamped with the name of the Waldorf-Astoria.
"Carter S. Drummond, Esq., 27 Pine Street, City.
"Dear Sir: I inclose herewith a bank-note for $500, which you will be kind enough to credit to the estate of your late partner and my late husband, Mr. Hugh Morten Whitaker.
"Very truly yours,
"Mary Ladislas Whitaker."