Glmartin was still laughing professionally at the prospective buyer’s funny story when the telephone on his desk buzzed. He said: “Excuse me for a minute, old man,” to the customer--Hopkins, the Connecticut manufacturer. “Hello; who is this?” he spoke into the transmitter. “Oh, how are you?--Yes--I was out--Is that so?--Too bad--Too bad--Yes; just my luck to be out. I might have known it!--Do you think so?--Well, then, sell the 200 Occidental common--You know best--What about Trolley?--Hold on?--All right; just as you say--I hope so--I don’t like to lose, and--Ha! ha!--I guess so--Good-by.”…
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