Quincy Sawyer; he
dropped it the last time he was in the office."
Quincy would not trust the package to his hand-bag, but placed it in an
inside pocket of his coat, which he tightly buttoned. After leaving the
lawyer's office he dropped into Grodjinski's, and purchased a box of
fine cigars. He had the clerk tack one of his cards on the top of the
box. On this he wrote:
"MY DEAR CURTIS:--Keep the ashes for me; they make
good tooth powder. QUINCY."
The box was then done up and addressed to Curtis Carter, Esq., the clerk
promising to have it delivered at once.
Quincy had found a letter at his aunt's from Mr. Strout, asking him to
buy a line of fancy groceries and confectionery for Christmas trade, and
it was noon before he had attended to the matter to his complete
satisfaction. A hasty lunch and he was once more on his way to New York,
and during the trip his hand sought the inside pocket of his coat a
score of times, that he might feel assured that the precious document
was still there.
Arriving, Quincy proceeded at once to the Fifth Avenue Hotel.
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