At her suggestion he even consented to take his new tenants around to the Uptown Bank and introduce them.

They made an excellent impression by a first cash deposit of the money Carlton had thrown down on the table the night before.

A check for the first month's rent more than mollified the agent and talk of a big deal that was just being signed up to-day duly impressed the bank.
The next problem was to get the forged check certified.

That, also, proved a very simple matter.

Any one can walk into a bank and get a check for $25,000 certified, while if he appears, a stranger, before the window of the paying teller to cash a check for twenty-five dollars he would almost be thrown out of the bank.