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Show Suspicious. He was sober hadn't drunk a drop. It was 4 a. m. He struck the keyhole at the first attempt and entered. All was quiet. He put his hat and coat on the hall rack and was about to take off his shoes before going upstairs up-stairs when an old familiar voice sounded gratingly on his ear. "Is that you. Jack'.'" "Yes, Nell." Then he began : "It's throe minutes after four. I did not let the cat follov me. I've just returned from one of our conferences. The gas is turned down low. The doors are all locked ; the windows fastened. I paid tho taxes this afternoon. after-noon. Mary's babies got the measles. That isn't our dog barking." And when he tumWed into bed Nell looked at him out of sleepy eyes and said: "Jack, you've tn'en drinking." Houston Post. |