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And the Colonel ought to be strolling in from the Army and Navy Club soon. Want to wait?" "Long as I've started this thing, I might as well stay with it," says I. Yep, I waits for the Colonel. Some enthusiastic describer, Colonel Brassle is, when he gets going. It was near 1 A.M. when I finally tears myself away; but I'm loaded up with enough facts about Creighton to fill a book.
Yes, I'm sure he don't room here. He just blew through the north exit. What's his line?" "Antiques, he says," says I. "Oh, sure!" says Squint. "Now I have him located. He's a free-lunch hitter; I remember one of the barkeeps grouching about him. But say, if you're after full details you ought to have a talk with Colonel Brassle. He knows him.
"Not me," says I. "I'm too polite. But when you unload duplicates of the late Oliver Cromwell's writing-desk you ought to see that both don't go to friends of Colonel Brassle. Messy old party, the Colonel, and I understand he's tryin' to induce 'em to make trouble. Course, you might explain all that to Auntie; but in her present state of mind Eh? Must you be goin'? Any word to send up?
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