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Take the first G.T. train for Highland , Ontario , and find her father , Captain Wilkes . Wire me a full story about the girl Mabel , private life , history , everything . Take plenty of space . Have it in by midnight . '' Wells 's eyes were round , too ; they were glued upon Paul with a hypnotic stare , but he managed to answer , `` Yes , sir ! '' He was no longer grinning . `` Now , Anderson , '' the editor snapped , `` get down-stairs and see if you can write the story .