Thursday at noon
The writer added that he had a grandfather named Fletcher and suggested we might be related . From the handwriting of Fletcher Farrell and from the way he ill-treated the King 's English I did not feel the ties of kinship calling me very loud . I replied briefly that my people originally came from Youghal , in County Cork , that as early as 1730 they had settled in New York , and that all my relations on the Farrell side either were still at Youghal , or dead . Mine was not an encouraging letter ; nor did I mean it to be ; and I was greatly surprised two days later to receive a telegram reading , `` Something to your advantage to communicate ; wife and self calling on you Thursday at noon . Fletcher Farrell . '' I was annoyed , but also interested . The words `` something to your advantage '' always possess a certain charm .