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Show YES, THE DRAWER OPENED. Jones Knew It, But Explanations Were Not in Order. Jones "us uolnj; nwny. And, us usual hi such eai-es, It wax up to Jones to put on a clean collar nml Hlilrt, ami. incidentally, catch a train He lirul no time ti spine. ".Marin," ho shunted dowiiHtnlrs, "whole are inj things?" "hi ,our biui'.ui drawer,, of course," floated li, fiom the basement Jones then tackled the diawer. Stuck, of riiui'M1 (Thej alwiijst do stick when you ate In a luiiry.l lie pulled ami heaved ami wild things uumcutlnmiliic Suddenly, with a perversity fur which bin ran dinwom I in c noted. It Hew open with a tusli, j and Jones, with a death-Kilp on the handles, bhot clear iiciokh the iniiin. ! The diawer couldn't k tlnotigli the i door, but Jones could, and did. land- hiK at the foot or the stairs with a crush that juried things mightily. Just In time to ht-ur the paitner of his buxom ask: "Did j on K.-t it open, Henry?" That was milling insult to Injury, anil Henry Malkcd upxtah'h with the In his ee, ami said never a word. |