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I 've got to get back to New York to-morrow and look for a job in my own line . '' His optimism was being sorely tried ; but his courage was still unweakened . It was while he was packing his suit case on the following morning that a telegram came . `` Meet me at Engineers ' Club at noon to-morrow , Martin . '' Even the message offered small consolation or encouragement ; but it was his way to hope for the best , so he whistled bravely as he left his home . He put in all his spare time , after arrival in New York , in visiting automobile agencies and studying as far as possible their selling methods , and he absorbed information as a dry sponge thrown into a whirlpool absorbs water . He made notes in his memorandum book after each visit and soliloquized , `` If nothing comes of the Sayers thing , I 'll have learned a whole lot more than I ever knew about this car business , and some day it might prove worth while .