This portion of the sentence brought its all-important message. The emphasized words were few, but plain in meaning:
“Meet man in store to-morrow night.”
The man must be the messenger through whom Harry could report. The store was unquestionably the general store in the village. But now another portion of the announcement carried additional information:
“At least half of those who have written us during the past month have requested additional copies of our booklet: ‘Nine Problems of Modern Business.’”
“At half past nine.”
Harry added this to his mental notations.
Suddenly the clatter of static drowned out the program. The noise became loud and whining. Harry moved the dials; the sound increased.
Stokes suddenly entered the room; he hurried to the radio, and turned off the switch. Then he spoke, somewhat angrily.
“Leave it off after this.”
Harry was annoyed by the man’s abruptness. He was on the point of challenging the fellow’s authority, when Stokes added a testy explanation.