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`` He 'll have them in half an hour or so . '' The senator drew out his watch , a huge thick-crystalled time-piece dating back to the range-riding period . `` As matters have turned out , I shall be going to the city before long , '' he said . `` If the notes are not ready before I leave , you can order out the speed-car and send them in by Gallagher any time before six o'clock . Do n't slip up on that , Fred ; tell Gallagher to deliver the notes to me , in person , at the Inter-Mountain . What 's become of Professor Anners ? '' `` He 's staying over at Haworth 's ranch , just to be near the fossil bone-field .