8 P.M.
If you run you can make it . '' Issy took a card from his pocket . It was the business card of the firm to whom he sold his quahaugs . On the back of the card he wrote in pencil as follows : `` Mr. Beriah Higgins , your daughter Gertrude is going to meet Sam ' l Bartlett at the Baptist Church in Trumet at 8 P.M. to-night and get married to him . LOOK OUT !!! '' After an instant 's consideration he signed it `` A True Friend , '' this being in emulation of certain heroes of the Deadwood Dick variety . Then he put the card into an envelope and ran at top speed to the railway station .