Yours truly MEYER WOLFSHIEM and then hasty addenda beneath: Let me know
about the funeral etc do not know his family at all. When the phone rang
that afternoon and Long Distance said Chicago was calling I thought this
would be Daisy at last. But the connection came through as a man’s
voice, very thin and far away. ‘This is Slagle speaking...’ ‘Yes? ’The
name was unfamiliar. ‘Hell of a note, isn’t it? Get my wire? ’ ‘There
haven’t been any wires. ’ ‘Young Parke’s in trouble,’ he said rapidly.
‘They picked him up when he handed the bonds over the counter. They got
a circular from New York giving ‘em the numbers just five minutes
before. What d’you know about that, hey? You never can tell in these
hick towns—’ ‘Hello! ’I interrupted breathlessly. ‘Look here—this isn’t
Mr. Gatsby. Mr. Gatsby’s dead. ’
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