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Wonder if he 's gone off his base since Hillerton was laid up . Hope he is n't in for a swindle . He 'd be just game for a sharper to-day . '' At noon Peckham sold his ten thousand shares of B. C. for five thousand dollars . He could have got six thousand the next morning , but then , as he reflected , what good would it have done him ? His first act after depositing the check received for his stock , was to send the following telegram : `` Leitmann Orchestra engaged for Springtown , May 19th . Five thousand dollars deposited in First National Bank .