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Indiman's lordly pleasure no longer. I rose to go; the electric bell sounded. I could hear Jeckley's high-pitched voice distinctly; he seemed to be put out about something; he spoke impatiently, even angrily. "But this is 4020 Madison Avenue, isn't it? Mr. Indiman I was asked to call Mr. Jeckley, of the Planet." "Must be some mistake, sir," came the answer. "This is No. 4020, but there's no Mr.
"You see I'm doing the opening at the Globe to-night, and I must get my Wall Street copy to the office before the theatre. And what do you think of that by way of an extra assignment?" He took a card from his pocket-book and tossed it over. It was another one of Mr. Esper Indiman's calling-cards, and scrawled in pencil, "Call at 4020 Madison Avenue at eight o'clock this evening."
Now, Indiman is not musical, and I had some trouble in convincing him that within the compass of a semitone a veritable gulf may yawn. This particular organ played the phrase in the third bar correctly F sharp and not F natural and consequently it could not be the same instrument that had vexed my ears half an hour ago at No. 4020 Madison Avenue.
Thorp and requests the honor of his company at dinner, Tuesday, March the thirtieth, at nine o'clock. "4020 Madison Avenue." Dishonor, death, and dinner a curious trio to choose between. Yet to a man in my present position each of them appealed in its own way, and I'm not ashamed to confess it.
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