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"Send him away," I said, somewhat impatiently. The servant returned looking puzzled. "The organ-grinder said I was to give this to the gentleman," he said, and handed me a small object. It was a brass baggage-check issued by the New York Central Railway, from Cleveland to New York, and bore the number 18329. I passed it to Indiman, ran to the window, and looked out. But the organ-grinder was gone.
How beautifully the problem is working out! almost too beautifully." At the incoming baggage-room Indiman presented the check numbered 18329. A porter appeared with a large trunk loaded on a truck. "City transfer?" he asked. "No, I'll take it with me," said Indiman. "Thorp, will you get a hack." We were about to drive off, and I felt for my match-box. Provoking!
I lost baggage-check No. 18329, from Cleveland to New York, the night of my arrival in town, and somewhere in this very neighborhood. The next morning I went to the Grand Central to prove my ownership, but the trunk had been claimed and carried away." "You are aware, Dr. Ellison," said Brownson, "that this trunk contains well, we all know what." "Oh, do we!" retorted Ellison, smartly.
Nor is it usual to send out a quarter of a dollar to the man as an inducement for him to retire, and then to receive in return a New York Central baggage-check numbered 18329, and reading from Cleveland to New York. Esper Indiman and I exchanged smiles. "This looks like the real thing," said my friend.
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