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With Lily clicking along at the Wildcat 's heels , the pair entered the portals of the Grand Central Station . The Wildcat accosted a Red Cap of his own colour . `` Whah at kin I find de Backslid Baptist whut takes care o ' de white gen ` men on de Chicago Fliah ` at leaves at 2:40 ? '' `` I knows ` at boy dey calls Backslid , but dey ai n't no Fliah leavin ' at 2:40 . ` At boy runs Pullman on de Panama Limited , leavin ' heah at 10:10 tonight . Ol' Backslid neveh shows up till half-past nine to take his cah out . '' Confronted by seven intervening hours of life in Memphis , which might include the release of Honey Tone Boone , whose temporary confinement in the jail had just been accomplished , the Wildcat 's ambition flopped .