half after ten
cried the clerk . The two veiled ladies left the court precipitately . James , having been ushered into a cell , hurriedly called for pen and ink and paper . At half after ten that morning the following note reached me : `` Dear Chuck : Am in a devil of a scrape at the police-court . Tried to play a joke on the girls last night by dressing up in the groom 's clothes . Got the wrong outfit , and was arrested . Bring thirty-five and a suit of clothes the quickest ever .