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`` The fact is , '' he says , `` I do n't happen to have so considerable a sum as $ 20,000 at the -- er -- moment , and I was thinking of suggesting that I just pay you , say , $ 10,000 down , and give you two -- er -- notes . '' '' ` Twont do , '' says Mr. O'Meagher , shaking his head and fetching his pencil down upon the table with a smart tap , '' ` twont do at all . '' `` Eh ? Indorsed , you know , by -- '' `` Mr. Wimples , that $ 20,000 in hard cash must be in my hands by six o'clock to-night , or your name goes off the ticket . '' `` O -- er -- Lud ! '' says Mr. Wimples , sadly . `` By six P. M. '' `` But , my dear Mr. O'Meagher -- '' `` Or your name goes off the ticket . ''