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After placing an order he would immediately cancel it . At his leisure he would figure out which order pleased him best and reinstate that one . `` Well , sir , when I finished with him it was close onto luncheon time , but I did n't do anything but go hungry for awhile . I took my notebook , made out his order , as quickly as I could , wired it into the firm -LRB- it cost me twelve dollars to do this -RRB- , and told them to be absolutely sure to put all hands to work on that order and ship it on the four o'clock fast freight that very day . I had to be in town the next day . Soon after breakfast I went into the druggist 's store . I caught him back at his desk .