He drew a little sigh of relief when at last their final destruction was assured, and rose shortly afterwards to his feet.
"I shall have to go on to the telegraph office," he said, "to send these few messages.

Thank you very much, Mr.Harrison, for your kindness.

If you do not mind, I should like to take this forged order away with me." The manager hesitated.
"I am not sure that I ought to part with it," he observed doubtfully.
"Could you recognise the person who presented it--you or your clerk ?" The manager shook his head.
"Not a chance," he replied.

"It was brought in, unfortunately, before I arrived.

Young Parsons, who was the only one in the bank, explained that letters were never delivered to an order, and turned away to attend to some one else who was in a hurry.