Again the eraser came into play to remove the cents after the figure
"25." A comma and three zeros following it were inserted, followed
by a new "00/100." The signature was left untouched.

Erasing the name of "Green & Co.," presented greater difficulties,
but it was accomplished with as little loss of the protective
coloring on the surface of the check as possible. Then after the
"Pay to the order of" she wrote in, as her husband had directed,
"The Carlton Realty Co."

Next came the water color to restore the protective tint where the
glass eraser and the acids had removed it. There was much delicate
matching of tints and careful painting in with a fine camel's hair
brush, until at last the color of those parts where there had been
an erasure was apparently as good as any other part.

Of course, under the microscope there could have been seen the angry
crisscrossing of the fibers of the paper due to the harsh action of
the acids and the glass eraser. Still, painting the whole thing over
with a little resinous liquid somewhat restored the glaze to the
paper, at least sufficiently to satisfy a cursory glance of the
naked eye.

There remained the difficulty of the protective punch marks. There
they were, a star cut out of the check itself, a dollar sign and 25
followed by another star.

She was still admiring her handiwork, giving it here and there a
light little fillip with the brush and comparing this check with