CHAPTER II.WHERE TIDES MEET.
Before making his departure, Nick again turned to the banker and said:
“One more question occurs to me, Gilsey. How did you happen to discover that a deficit possibly exists in your cash, and under the circumstances stated?”
“Well, it—it was a perfectly natural discovery in the course of today’s business,” Mr. Gilsey faltered.
A subtle gleam showed for a moment in Nick’s keen eyes.
“Do you know of anything, or have you ever heard anything, which at once led you to examine Kendall’s accounts when he failed to appear at his desk this morning?” he demanded.
The banker hesitated for barely a second, and Nick cried curtly:
“Come, come, Gilsey, there is something more. Let me have the whole business, all you know, or up go my hands and I drop the case. I thoug
