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Q. Broad, open daylight? A. Yes sir.

Q. What time did the man and the ladies come? A. Somewhere about
half past two or three o'clock.

Q. About half past two or three o'clock, they came? A. Yes sir.

Q. They come right in? A. No sir, they didn't come right in.
The two ladies stayed back; the young man, he come in. He asked
me was Mr. Frank in the office; he says: "Mr. Frank put you wise?
I says: "Mr. Frank put me wise, how?" He says: "Didn't he tell
you to watch the door, two ladies and a young man would be here?"
I says: "He didn't tell me to watch the door." He says: "Two ladies
and a young man be here" and he says, "Well, I'm the one."

Q. Him and Mr. Frank used the same terms, then. Frank says: "I'll
put you wise"; and he said: "I'll put you wise?"

A. Mr. Frank didn't say it that day.

Q. Well, but he said it the other times? A. Yes sir. Q. And the
two ladies stayed out there and talked to you? A. Yes sir, then
he come and told them to come on.

Q. They went up to Mr. Frank's office. A. I don't know, sir,
where they went after that, after they went upstairs, I don't
know where they went after they went upstairs.

Q. You were near enough, wasn't you, to see? A. No sir, I was
at the door.

Q. You don't know which way they went? A. I saw them when they
turned that way, towards the clock.

Q. You say it was about half past two? A. Yes sir, it was about
half past two or three o'clock.

Q. How long did they stay there that time? A. Stayed there,
looked to me about two hours, I reckon.

Q. Then half past two and that would make it half past four o'clo-

Q. A. I don't know, sir, what time it would make it.

Q. Did you lock the door? A. No sir. I stood just inside the
door.

sir, didn't nobody come in while I was there and didn't nobody
come out.

Q. Did you know either one of those ladies? A. No sir, I didn't
know either one of those ladies.

Based on the extracted text, this document appears to be a transcript of a testimony or an interrogation, possibly related to a legal or criminal investigation. The questions and answers revolve around the timing and actions of a man and two ladies who visited an office, their interactions with the witness, and the witness's observations. The mention of "Mr. Frank" and the specific details about watching the door and the timing suggest it could be related to a significant event or case, potentially involving surveillance or a meeting that needed to be discreet.

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