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Pemberton's printing office lay in a narrow alley at the back of the Chancellor Hotel, and when Simmons Hackdale hurried in at its door, Pemberton himself, one of those men who wear a perpetually worried look, stood behind the counter, sorting paper. He listened with something of an aggrieved air while Simmons explained what he wanted, and then shook his head.
"Can't get it out by tonight, nohow!" he declared. "Don't care how insistent the young lady is. Get it done and distributed and posted, too, for you by noon tomorrow, Mr. Simmons--that's the quickest I can do."