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cried Mrs. Minturn . `` Wait dear ! Go on Mickey , '' said Mr. Minturn . `` Well , '' said Mickey , `` the elevated jumped the track this morning when my boss got a letter saying if he did n't go on at once with Mr. Winton 's office , somebody else would ; and the people who have been in the air ever since are due to land at noon , and it 's pretty quick now , and they are too nice for any use . Did you ever know finer people ? '' `` No I never did , '' said Mrs. Minturn ; `` but James , I do n't understand . Tell me quickly and plainly . ''