"Yes?" Kent looked inquiringly at the bank president, the gravity
of his manner betokened serious tidings. " What is it, Mr. Clymer?"
Clymer did not reply at once. "It's this," he said finally, with
blunt directness. "Your partner, Philip Rochester, appears to be
a bankrupt. Harding and Taylor came in here to attach his private
bank account to cover indebtedness to their business firms."
An exclamation broke from Kent. "Impossible!" he gasped.
"I would have said the same this morning," declared Clymer. "But
on investigation I find that Rochester has over-drawn his account
here for a large amount and borrowed heavily. The further I look
into his financial affairs the more involved I find them."
"But" - Kent was white-lipped. "I know for an absolute fact that
Rochester was paid some exceedingly large fees last week, totaling
over fifty thousand dollars."
"He has never deposited such a sum, or anywhere like that amount in
this bank either last week or this," stated Clymer, running his eyes
down a bank statement which, with several pass books, lay on his
desk.
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