were behind that afternoon, and the cashier stayed until late in the day
to get them balanced. After he had finally secured the totals of the
day's transactions, he found that he had received, according to the
depositors' "tags," $114,300 less than he had paid out. In some
perturbation he recalled the notice of Scranton, Willard & Co., and at
once sent to them, to see if that affair had anything to do with his
immense discrepancy. Following this line of inquiry, Scranton, Willard &
Co.'s cashier found that, in attempting to put the figures "127,000" on
the "tag" of deposit he had neglected to write the last cipher, and the
"tag" for $12,700 which had been made in its place, added to $114,300
which the banker lacked in "tags," exactly made up the $127,000 which
the bank had in reality credited to Scranton, Willard & Co.'s account.
How could a man leave off