Banks will certify at a glance practically any check that looks right, but they pass on the responsibility of cashing them.

Thus before the close of banking hours Dunlap was able to deposit in his new bank the check certified by the Gorham.
Twenty-four hours must elapse before he could draw against the check which he had deposited.

He did not propose to waste that time, so that the next day found him at Green & Co.'s, feeling much better.

Really he had come prepared now to straighten out the books, knowing that in a few hours he could make good.
The first hesitation due to the newness of the game had worn off by this time.

Nothing at all of an alarming nature had happened.