Chapter 14: Pay Cash

⁠​​​‌​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​‌​​​‌​‌​​​‌‌‌​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌‌‌⁠It was the rush hour at the Metropolis Trust Company and the busy paying teller counted out silver and gold and treasury notes of varying denominations with the mechanical precision and exactness which experience gives. Suddenly his hand stopped midway toward the money drawer, his attention arrested by the signature on a check. A swift glance upward showed him a girl's face at the grille of the wi