"Mr. Clymer sent me a note, inclosing a canceled check,
stating the bank officials had decided my signature was a forgery.
The check was drawn to Barbara, and on examining it I noticed the
peculiar formation of the letter 'B'; it is characteristic of your
handwriting and Helen's." She paused, and added:
"I was at a loss what to think. I knew you and Helen wrote alike;
Helen's extraordinary behavior to me led me to believe that perhaps
she had been short of funds, and forged my name to a check in
desperation. Then I remembered seeing you, Charles, open the box
containing my aconitine pills, the box's disappearance, and Jimmie's
death from that poison" - she raised her hands in an expressive
gesture. "Although my reason told me that you might be guilty, my
loyalty and love refuted the accusation."
"Margaret!" McIntyre's voice shook with emotion; then controlling
himself he turned to Sylvester. "I presume this check was some more
of your deviltry?"
Helen answered for the clerk. Removing a soiled paper from her bag
she laid it on Kent's desk.
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