J.REYNOLDS CO." on it.
Here was a check in payment of a small bill, he knew.

It was from a firm which habitually kept hundreds of thousands on deposit at the Gorham Bank.

It fitted the case admirably.

He slit open the letter.
There, neatly folded, was the check: No.15711.Dec.27, 191--.
THE GORHAM NATIONAL BANK Pay to the order of.......

Green & Co.......
Twenty-five 00/100 ..................Dollars $25.00/100 W.J.REYNOLDS Co., per CHAS.