Here's the check." Alvarez rose and walked to the bar.
"Is this money; a hundred dollars ?" he inquired of the Mexican proprietor of the saloon.
"One hundred dollars, yes," said the latter, with an assuring smile.
"Made payable to you, Alvarez.

Good?
Good at any bank, good here at my saloon, good as gold.

Better than gold, Alvarez, because easier to carry.

Do you wish the money for it ?" The Mexican ex-bandit jingled some dollars in his trousers' pockets.
"I have enough to eat and drink," said he.

"If the paper is good, if you will give me gold for it, then I will wait until I return.