stamps it contains, but no more. Miss Smith
buys a cheque-book, and, opening it, finds the
following form in print:-

(* The practice with some people of writing cheques
on plain paper is discountenanced by bankers, and
is to be condemned.)

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| No. 10901. | No. 10901. __________ 189 |
| | |
| _________189 | To the Blankshire Banking Company, |
| | Blanktown. |
| | |
| _____________ | Pay to ____________________ or bearer |
| | |
| | the sum of __________________________ |
| | |
| £____________ | £___________ ______________ |
| | |
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She then recollects that she has no money to
go on with, and asks to have £10 of the £500
she has left in the bank. The cashier offers to
fill up the blank spaces in her first cheque,
making corresponding entries in the counterfoil,
and having done so asks her to sign it at the
foot.