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 book! I ran up and down that column six times; for I was perfectly sure that he would have one if no else in Columbus did,—but he wasn't there.

"Chester, Columbus has two telephone companies,—and I didn't know it! Some people have one kind of a 'phone, and some people have another. Mr. Kirby has one kind,—and in the station, I had picked up the other directory,—so I didn't find his name. Mr. Spencer has the other kind,—and in the drug store, I got the different directory, never thinking but that they were all alike, and so his name wasn't down.

"The druggist wasn't checking checks nor writing, so I went up to him. 'Would you mind telling me whether you ever heard of such a number as 1944 Iuka Avenue?' I asked.

Well, I know right where it would be,' he said. 'I was out to 1948 to dinner Sunday.'

"My smile got into service again quick.

Would you mind saying that to the cabman out there?' I said, motioning toward the door.

Glad to,' said he, and followed me out.

"He and the cabman discussed matters a little, and he said 'Seventeenth Avenue,' and then I got back into the cab and we started on again.