“The third one stayed inside and in front and Sammy pulled up at third when he saw [Church waving the red lantern] as Ty relayed the ball to Hal, who ferried it to Gibbie. Twitchell handed a horseshoe to Gibbie, Roger the cop was let go to his beat without swinging his stick. Big George pried the lid off when he handed a long one to Tris and Warcford got away with the goods.
[“Church waving a red lantern.”]
“Roger was caught off his beat and chased to the station by Johnny and Hal.”
Farther over in the box Tim heard some ticker talk about the market, etc., and he went over to see if he could decipher the stuff that was being sent out by Sid Mercury, of the Salesman’s Review.
“Ty hurried out to see what was being offered in the market, but after missing the best there was, he sent an inquiry up among the dollar sitters and when he again thought he saw a good thing he found it was only a tip which Roger had acted on.
“The mighty Hagner Honused forward and after inspecting the Mellen spring samples gave an order for three bags, paying for two for immediate delivery. Beach the credit man canceled the order for the extra bag claiming Honus’ credit wasn’t good for the third but he wasn’t anxious to extend himself anyhow.
“Hal came up but he wasn’t ready to buy although he did make a pretty fair offer to Hollins for the best he had in the shop, which the latter turned down through his manager.
“Honus had, however, done so well in negotiating his two bags by this time that he hurried home to look for more bargains.