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In the bustle and confusion the eotten Bones had a manuscript locked away in the

bottom drawer of his desk, and when he had found the key for this, and

had placed the document upon the table, and when he had found certain

other papers, and when the girl was seated in a much more comfortable

chair--Bones fussed about like an old hen--the proceedings began

Bones explained

He had seen the derelict cinema company advertised in a technical

journal, had been impressed with the amount of the impedimenta which

accompanied the proprietorship of the syndicate, had been seized with a

brilliant idea, bought the property, lock, stock, and barrel, for two

thousand pounds, for which surace, the late

proprietors allowed him to take over the contract of Mr Lew

Becksteine, that a, that this arrangement was immensely

satisfactory to the syndicate, which was so tied and bound to Mr

Becksteine for the next twelve months that to have cancelled his

contract would have cost thereater part of the purchase price

which Bones paid

"This is the story," said Bones impressively "And, partner Ham,

believe me, I've read many, many stories in my life, but never, never