Elmo." The next moment she was gazing at something else--a five-
dollar bill which Larry had slipped into the open book.
"That's to pay for a telephone call; just keep the change," he said
rapidly. "You're to do all the talking, and say just what I tell you."
"I got you, general," said the girl, emerging with alacrity from
romance to reality. "Shoot."
"Call up the Hotel Grantham--say you're a florist with an order to
deliver some flowers direct to Miss Margaret Cameron--and ask for the
number of her suite--and keep the wire open."
The girl obeyed promptly. In less than a minute she was reporting to
Larry:
"They say 1141-1142-1143."
"Ask if she's in. If she is, get her on the 'phone, tell her long
distance is calling, but doesn't want to speak to her unless she is
alone. You get it?"
"Sure, brother. This ain't the first time I helped a party out."
There was more jabbing with the switch-board plug, evident switching
at the other end, several questions, and then the girl asked: "Is this
Miss Margaret Cameron? Miss Cameron--" and so on as per Larry's
instructions.
The operator turned to Larry: "She says she's alone."
"Tell her to hold the wire till you get better connections--the storm
has messed up connections terribly--and keep your own wire open and
make her hold her end.
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