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So when the boss goes on to say how Mr. McCrea is connected with the Washington sleuth bureau I expect I must have gawped at him a bit curious . Some relic of the old office force , was my guess ; a hold-over from the times when the S. S. people called it a big day if they could locate a lead nickel fact ` ry in Mulberry Street , or drop on a few Chink laundrymen bein ' run in from Canada in crates . Maybe he was a thumb-print expert . `` Howdy , '' says I , glancin ' up at the clock to see if the prospects was good for makin ' the 5:17 out to Harbor Hills . `` I am told you know the town rather well , '' suggests McCrea , sort of mild and apologetic . `` Me ! '' says I. `` Oh , I can usually find my way back to Broadway even in foggy weather . ''