“The bank gave me what I asked for, and now it’s yours,” Dale said.

I stepped up to the desk and picked up the slip.

It wasn’t a shop payroll receipt or a normal stub from our accounting system.

It was a commercial currency order slip printed on blue teller paper from Oak Creek First Bank.

At the bottom, Dale’s full signature was on the line requesting ninety-one thousand five hundred pennies in canvas bags.

The date stamped across the top in red ink said Monday, November fourth.