ten minutes past five before
`` I anyhow told him he should advertise for one , as we are not running an employment agency here , Mawruss ; and so , Mawruss , let 's get busy on that order for Griesman . I want to get away from here sure at five o'clock to-day . What is the good I am staying down at Riesenberger 's if I never get a show to take oncet in a while a sea bath , maybe ? '' Nevertheless it was ten minutes past five before Abe boarded a crosstown car ; and , although he made a wild sprint from the ferry landing on the Long Island side , he arrived at the trainshed just in time to see the rear platform of the five-forty-five for Arverne disappearing in a cloud of black smoke . He returned to the waiting room , and as he was sadly inspecting the outer pages of the comic periodicals displayed in the news-stand a heavy hand clapped him on the shoulder . `` Hello , Abe ! '' cried a hearty voice , and Abe turned to view the perspiring features of Max Koblin , the Raincoat King .