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"G'wan wid yez," he yelled after him, "and if I see ye on this beat again I'll run yez
in. An' you"--he turned upon Jimmy--"ye'd betther be on your way--and not be
afther makin' up with ivery dip ye meet."
"
Thanks," said Jimmy. "Have a cigar."
After the officer had helped himself and condescended to relax his stern features
into the semblance of a smile the young man bid him good night and resumed his
way toward the hotel.
"Pretty early to go to bed," he thought as he reached for his watch to note the
time, running his fingers into an empty pocket. Gingerly he felt in another pocket,
where he knew his watch couldn't possibly be, nor was. Carefully Jimmy
examined each pocket of his coat and trousers, a slow and broad grin illumining
his face.
"
What do you know about that?" he mused. "And I thought I was a wise guy."
A few minutes after Jimmy reached his room the office called him on the
telephone to tell him that a man had called to see him.
"Send him up," said Jimmy, wondering who it might be, since he was sure that
no one knew of his presence in the city. He tried to connect the call in some way
with his advertisement, but inasmuch as that had been inserted blind he felt that
there could be no possible connection between that and his caller.
A few minutes later there was a knock on his door, and in response to his
summons to enter the door opened, and there stood before him the young man of
his recent encounter upon the street. The latter entered softly, closing the door
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