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`` Graham Brenchfield raged and ranted in a terrible way , getting purple in the face in his disappointment and anger . He called Macdonald all the skin-flinting names he could think of and incidentally expressed himself of my unbusiness-like qualities . I told him what I had done , how I had written to Macdonald repeatedly , wired him and finally drawn on him ; that I had called at the bank until Maguire the banker got sick at the sight of me and declared I haunted him like a damned ghost . `` I left Brenchfield that morning in my place , promising to be back by noon . I worked for two hours , then left off for fifteen minutes to run over to the bank , for I had a hunch that there was something there . Maguire the Agent was in a nasty mood . `` He declared there was nothing for me .