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ARTHUR TRACY . ' This was handed to Charles with instructions to forward it to Tracy Park . This done , he gave no further thought to the message so full of such import to himself , but began to talk of and plan his contemplated trip to Tacoma by the next steamer which sailed . It was six o'clock when he had his dinner in his own private parlour , where he was served by both Charles and a waiter , and where a second telegram was brought him . ` Confound it , ' he said , ` have they nothing to do at home but to torment me with telegrams ? Did n't I tell them to pay the old Harry and have done with it ? What do they mean ? '