. Busyman's Magazine, July-December 1907. to find thepajamas still hanging solitary andlimp. Helplessly surveying the room,his glance fell on the long drawersof the dresser, and within thirty sec-onds every drawer in the room, largeand small, had been jerked open, dis-closing emptiness. Taking down the telephone receiver,he urged, as the operator responded:Say! cant you hurry up that valeta little? Im in a dev—Im in a verygreat hurry . . Yes, of courseI sent for him! . . Yes, more he opened the ward-robe, this time briskly shaking themeek pajamas, to make sure the er- 104 THE BUSY
. Busyman's Magazine, July-December 1907. to find thepajamas still hanging solitary andlimp. Helplessly surveying the room,his glance fell on the long drawersof the dresser, and within thirty sec-onds every drawer in the room, largeand small, had been jerked open, dis-closing emptiness. Taking down the telephone receiver,he urged, as the operator responded:Say! cant you hurry up that valeta little? Im in a dev—Im in a verygreat hurry . . Yes, of courseI sent for him! . . Yes, more he opened the ward-robe, this time briskly shaking themeek pajamas, to make sure the er- 104 THE BUSY MANS MAGAZINE. rant trousers were not hiding behindtheir folds; once more he found dis-appointment waiting in every looked behind the door in thebath room and under the bed, and wasengaged in dragging the divan awayfrom the wall, when the valet rappedDid you bring my trousers? de-manded Oakley, opening the door acrack. Trousers? No, sir. Did yousend them down? Holy Moses! No! I didnt sendthem down! But somebody took them,. Is that the best you can do ? he demanded. and I want them—want them quick,too! Understand ? Yes, sir, but—when did you sendthem, sir? I didnt send them, I tell you! Ileft them there in my suit case, andtheyre gone. Yes, sir. Perhaps the chamber-maid— Now, look here; Ive had aboutenough of this! I dont know whotook them, and I dont care. I knowthere was a pair of trousers in thatsuit case, and theyre not in the roomnow. I want them. Great Scott! Ive got to have them! Im to meeta lady at in Jersey City, and Iveno time to lose. Now, you hustle! Yes, sir. Ill ask the chamber-maid— I asked the chambermaid! Do youmean to say you didnt— No, sir, I never take a gentle-mans things, sir, unless theyre leftfor me. Youre sure theyre not inthe room? Well, if they are, I cant findthem. Come in and see if you flung the door open with one handand reached for the telephone withthe other. Give me the desk, andhurry up, he said. That the desk?
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