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`` He has n't done anything but swear yet , '' answered Stedman , grimly . `` What is he swearing about ? '' `` He wants to know why I left the cable yesterday . He says he has been trying to call me up for the last twenty-four hours ever since I sent my message at three o'clock The home office is jumping mad , and want me discharged . They wo n't do that , though , '' he said , in a cheerful aside , `` because they have n't paid me my salary for the last eight months . He says -- great Scott ! this will please you , Gordon -- he says that there have been over two hundred queries for matter from papers all over the United States , and from Europe .