"They'll call," said Livingstone. "'Line forms up on the right. Come early to avoid the rush.'"
"I have sent them to you C.O.D."
Perner gaped up at the others.
"Oh, he has! He's sent them C.O.D.! Um! well, I don't think we'll use many of those watches—not this week.
"I am anxious to know, of course, just how matters are going, and if we beat Frisby the first day. Wire me to this address just what we did and are doing. I will be with you in a few days more."
"We'll wire him," grunted Van Dorn. "The wire'll be so hot he'll dance when it touches him. Beat Frisby! Oh, yes; we'll wire him!"
They did, in fact, at once, and within the hour received Barrifield's reply. It was conveyed in a single brief word:
Chicago, October 27, 1897.
To the "Whole Family," New York.
Capitalize!