Evening Star Newspaper, December 13, 1925, Page 96

6 THE SUNDAY STAR., WASHINGTON, D. C., DECEMBER 13, 1925—PART 5. Her Home, Her Baby, Everything About Domestic Afiairdeade Life Unsatisfactory—and Most of All, Her ’ Husband. : T 5 o'clock the sor g- wants to or not.” She paused, frown- | “Thix is Dr. Smith—this is my| Jor a moment Luella considered shaped room the Ritz is per- ing. “I'm so sol for him I don't | wife.’ | rising and leaving the room. But the * vaded with a subtle melody know what to do, Ede—but if we sat A man a little n-hhi‘v' fllmn ht-lrflms ‘;;'fronlor_v of the suggestion aroused CHARLES, IN A QUICK, the light clat-clat of one lump, home, I'd just be sorry for myself. |band, with a worn, lined, tired face, | her curiosity too. U 3 % {wo Tnmps, into the cup, and And to tell’ you another selfish truth, |and wearing an old suit’ which was | “I can’t imagine what Charles has RISE I WA the ding of the shining teapots and I'd a little rather that he'd be un- rather in need of pressing, came for- | told you,” she said, controlling her- VANISHED. . ’ veam pots as they kiss elegantly in | happy than m ward to me t her | self with difficulty, “much less why. ansit upon a silver tray. There are " . “Your husband insisted, Mrs. Hem- | But T assure you that our affuirs are hose who value that amber-light CELLA was mot So much stating | Dle.” he said. I hope I'm not inter. | a matter entirely between my husband Liour above all other hours, for now | L i e e o e [ fering with' any arrangement of | and me. If you have no objections, even the pale, slight toil of the lilies ‘““\',‘,h.l,m. Aatahe “:\*)Mng very | Your: oo | Dr. Smith, I'd much prefer to discuss who inhabit the Ritz is over, and only | phiSCREE. I SU0 Ba s e men had | . Oh, no,” Luella cried qulckl l‘mlmvlne(hlnt:-—less personal. singing decorative gart of the day |1\ o told her that she was ~a good | 1elighted that you're coming to din-| Dr. smith nodded heavily and po- : 1ains. Sport andl she Hadltsied te loarcy this|| 1ok (vereiquite alone. | litely. He made no further attempt On the slishtly raised horseshoe bal | pEert " and she had tried o cany (5] Simultaneously she thought of the | to open the subject, and dinner pro- “ might, one Spring afternoon, |10 harl it of vieas fe | PArty she was going to tonight, and | ceeded in what was little more than i 3 ncountered voung Mrs. AL | (eays saw Charleys point of View a5 | wondered if this could possibly be | a defeated silence. Luella determined i OnEel AR Bnd onne M= Ohax < 'I:'\;l’;‘]:‘l‘*,y;gl‘: 1":4::::\.'-1{- \wife, she | Some clumsy trap of Charles to keep | that whatever happened she would ! Tlemple at n table for two. Mrs. | b i B0 O e fought the good | NEr at home. I it were, he was stupld | adhere to her intention of going out | ind Hemple were 23 vears | fone“ PR husband, Side by side, | 10, use such unattractive balt, This| tonlght. She would stay in the living Y and their friends said that they | it s e e Mere wasnef | Man—i weary dullness radiated from | room for a short moment after dinner: done very w themselves. | TUE Ore I O vt struling o | Him. from his face, {rom his heavy. | then, when the coffee came, she would ¥ *or a wish either mi L | e 1o abtain a far-off peace and | ISsurely veice, even from ¢ vear | excuse herself and get dressed to go. mousine waiting at t door, | jaisure—she had more of eithe ol ame o e et Tt both of them would much prefer | s g bad mors of Cither teml | Nevertheless she instinctively eX-| IBUT when they did leave the dining \ . she could use. Luella, like several| ., oq perself and went into the kitch & 1o walk home (up Park avenue)|thoucind other young iwives in iSus e e annad for| . Toom, it was Charles who in through the April twilight York, honestly wanted something to | 1 0 se6 Whal wos PEANEL GO quick, unarguable way vanished. Luella Hemple was rather with {qo. It she had had a little morb [ Ginner. Then sho Wen O KIS\ “I have a letter to write.” he said; flaxen hair. Her skin was a flower | yiney and a little less love, she could | YOUns "”'!\\ 8008 ’;’* aa e, jea T1l be back in a moment.” Before | vetal. and shé had no business putting | ;e gone in for horses or for vagari s D b s tute o e, | Luella_could make a_diplomatic objec- | nything on it at all, but leference | ous love. Or if they had had a little -v;vl{ cxawlod et (I"le-l'_“w':"' ;'n“‘; tlon, he went quickly down the cor: 1o an his was the LA money, her surplus enersy would | VORY goud” sald the Sovernass. | rigor to his room, and she heard him year have been absorbed by hope and even e O o ¥ ! shut his door. zh it i new Lo oeffort, But the Charles Hemples | Central Park = | Anzry and confused. Luella poured i hich were | core in between. They were of that | “\Well WU oyou @ smart the coffee and sank into a corner of o e ¢ than such e enormous American class who wander | She Kissed him ecstatically : the couch. | Wing de This. of course. is over Burope cvery Summer. sne < And he put hig foot into the foun-} “upontt e afraid of me. Mrs. Hem-| ' sze point of 1925 rather patheticaliy “and wistfuily at | tain. so we had 1o come howme W4 | ple,” said Dr. Smith suddenly. “T as. | ose daxs thie effcct si wasithe customs and traditions and o e e i jire You ihis wax forced upon me exact should h pastimes of other countries, hecause | Shoe and stocki X ‘M not aeting as a free agent-— I've bee riied three ve she | they have no customs or traditions or 'm glad you did. Here. wait a|” "y, not afrald of your she inter i ux she squashed pastimes of their own. Tt is a class e, Chuck:" Luella unclasped the | .ypteq. But she‘knew that she was sare in an exhausted ler created vesterday from fathers and | Ereat vellow beads from around her|ygine ™ gpa<cog s little afraid er eves, she look 5 6 A1 have neck and handed them to him. “You ¥ : a lttle afraid of him raising mothers who might just as well have e <he ' only for his dull insensitiveness to R i A Tetioken e Sl mustn't break mamma’s beads.” She | ORIV fOF g Shall I ou something shock- | “Charles and I fre on each other's | turned to the nurse. *He can play | "W lptaste. S Aol i - S i » ellia’s with them mt put them on my about your trouble.” he | fr nerves” In the new silence Luella’s | Wi 5 after hew asleepr | Said suddenly, and very naturally, as rv.” sald Mrs. Kore easerly. |voice rang out with startling clear. | dresser, will vou. after he's asleen? | (hough she were not a freo agent : My baby rather bores me. That |ness, and she Jowered jt precipitately. | | She felt 2 ceytain compassion fot efiher. He wusn't even looking at te an unnatural remark, lde, | “Little things. He keeps rubbing his | her son i~ she went away—the small | o, q except that they were slone Y t's lle doesn't begin to|cheek with his hand—all the time, at Inclosed life he led, that all chlldren |, (ha room, he scarcely seemed to be b 1 >. T love him v tl my | table; at the theater—even when he's | led, cxcept in big families. e Was |, jqressing her at all B e, e pemin St 1o | When she took care of him). His face| <The words that were in Luella e S efrly over = Whe broke | was the same shape as hers, and it | Mind, her will, on her lips, were, “I'll off and reaching backward, drew up a | thrilled her sometimes, and made her | ‘1' no such thing.” What she actual. | ght fur around her neck. “I hope I|form mew resolves about life. when |1V sald amazed her. It came out of | haven't bored you, Ede. You see, it's | his little heart beat against her own. (‘j:r ;'l";’:\v'hn'\'“';x;::“ \‘\‘l‘t:: apparently no | % It e | vou—vou don't lon my mind because tonight tells the kA R i s ByEn. j we your hu ventured Mrs. |story. I made an engagement for to- | [N JIER own pink and lovely bed-| r ..»’i:"a'im"\if,"w-’\ff mmx Jubbing his o ! K night to meet some Russian singers at yom, she confined her attentions | are you pind? \‘«‘ T"l', espairingly. | cold, and I've found out that his nurse moment. “Her heart is normal al-| “The doctor said he could be taken | pier-g t I haven't given ® midnight supper, and CI * S¥S |0 her ‘face. which she washed and | ritating to me that 1 think Iy se|U0eSh;t Know her business, and every- |ready. She just fainted. out for a drive today wh rere , e he W ith il this | he won't g \Ix ).ldu_n S then x‘m then carefully restored. Dr. Smith | mag i hink 'l g0 | thing sbjufl as messy and terrible as| W hn;) she :{md ).-»:p ‘1 the \iv)uhrr;‘.\).w still sunshine. He needs a little her fiv 1) 5 ecided that e | 0ing alone. And that's the beginning Heeni' to Hesitvel atchones e Y see. e 2 it can be!” raise the quickening body to a chair, | change.” eyes, “and ¢ e shaed }(Bat TOC | af e ond ™ : AhALTAicIla Launa T -el‘t'm:»ddl_\!' n.,vl'r‘lé({"‘l\f"\\?l" Smith's wrinkled face| ' “\Would you mind telling me how | Luella hurried into the nursery and | “Yes” ) b sides very fact that I do love Charles that A walter stepped near and laid a | though she had done very little | ~Don't you see I've | vou found out the nurse didn’t know |bent over the baby's bed. She 1:11_ “I thought—" the nurse hesitated. | fine wrinkles complicates matters. 1 eried myself |folded paper on the table, and Mrs. |1 day. She returned to the IIving | home?” She leansd formerd. houkl of |Ler business?” [down one of the ‘iron sides quietly. |1 thought perhaps it would do vou| Do vou care s tollcEn i beeanse T linow | Karr reached for it - { room, and they went in to dinner. vising and falline. “Tont von L breast| “You find out various unpleasant | The fever seemed to be gone mow— |both good. Mrs, ple, if you < < topsleen Caune No. you memustn't.” murmured | UM vour house, Mrs. Hemple,” | hored 1 am Wit keouit You S€€ how | things when you're forced to stay | the flush had faded away. She bent | him instead of me. Ward oniy the baby. | Luelli brokenly. *No, T invited ou! | quiq Tyr. smith, looking nt her close: | the haby that v acening house. with |around the house.” over to touch the small chee | Luella shook her head & , eAlls ¥’ You mustn't. I've got the money “iNae At ratulate you on | it's going on fo _“Pf"l'k' seems as if | o[ feel somewhat encouraged,” he| Suddenly Luella began to scream. | “Oh, no,” she said. “I t fee oq | Tight here | your fine little boy. P e, f‘i‘(f“‘”‘;;;::mf‘x'l:l } Jant | said slowly, “As I told you, I prom: * % % x |able to todav.” g joked at her ¢ to see S “Thanks.” she answered: “coming | care what form It taes be mhat 1 une | 146 nothing: I only do the best [ can.” | IavEN after Chuck had exchanged | Lhe nurse looked at her odd ; : e e S, e e Erembles - apertine Slitrent i Grator At h e 2 t Ipay | Luella looked up at_him, startled b Sedenchilaasio A sudden rush of pity : if this was merely a pose, ella ]fu, Hemples' apartment — they | pli-| for it. so long as it makes my heart| oo 5 et 3 his pleasant room for the suburban | 7, 519G Hus8 of By o8 e ed read Tovely eyes were grave and sad owned it—was in one of those {m. | ment.” She 'hesitated. “Do you | beat.” 3 “What do you mean?” she protested. | fo1q ‘where he would rest forever;|pis ceect Thon: wa Soetie | bles" Ede i | TR i el PR e % “You' e nothing for me—nothing | r ! * | Eis cheek. Then, witho ord, s is the trouble?” Ede in- | pressive white palaces that have a |specialize in children ) T see. _"‘"l,‘,‘ done not LueHa still couldn't believe that she | o GAPORS B0, WEADS number instead of a name, | _“I'm not a specialist at all.” he said| Light steps came down the corridor, | ** hine - s i had lost him. She came back o the | et urd cont. amd weith’ hos o The eveming was at 7 when Lu-|gravely. “I'm about the last of my {and the maid with a rather frightened | 1o - otbing e AMrs. Tlemante. You | apartment and walked around the | curted for the Aot 7 I'm a ella turned out of the April dusk, |Kind, I think—a general practitioner.? | expression on her faco tiptoed into| 1y 1L takes time, 3 emple. ¥ou | nursery in a circle, saying his name. | S“Jie0 (o8 the front Coor Sk m Rl S e and 1 have no desi let herself into the hall and saw he o it S \"’V‘l}'.‘:m_\l\m\‘ the room e e selfish [ Then, “frightened by grief, she sat | "G 5 the hah Scarndliant Seary. 't . yod husband waiting in the living room | remarked Char ie had begun rub-| “Mrs. Hemple——— s SR | down and stared at his white rocker | .14 et et badei. Al waE 2 ¢ 1 £ 5 and 11 a low burning - open 'fire, | hing s face nervousiy, and Tuells| - startied at the interruption, Luella |y Lhe Jords were sald in a dey mono | ith ' thi red chicken painted on the | Soid Set Past that shadow che wasand as ‘- ind poke Hemple was in the middle | fixed her eves on Dr. Smith so that t d quickly e o T e O etd SELCP B or oides It o Ber | e ) : : th ai, and 1 hate to pre “ith 4 Youns serious face and|she wouldn't see. But at Charles’ n T'speak " Suddenly her face | {eNSe: but Luella felt that he had gone What will become of me now?" she | f, IF7t.08 It of order it oul of her : tend to ints that I'm inter suished iron gray hair which | next words she looked back at him | bhroke precipitately through her slight | 100 f ot tebel batare” abe | WhispAzen: “to/ Therself. = “Somethlng | mvastus i S s ot g ested when really 1 would be white in 10 vears more. | sharply training.” “Mr. Hemple, he's sick!”| o1 ¢ M6t your tvpe before.® she |,y js going to happen to me when | quiin® S8 TLA £ (GLE f never w wt food until it | That and his deep-set, dark gray eves| “In fact.” he said unexpectedly,|lie came Into the kitchen awhile ago|Sald coldlv. “For some reason ~ou | reslize that 1l never see Chuck | “““I thought vou'd gone,” comes on the You see. I never |were his most noticeable features— | “I've invited Dr. Smith hefe because and bezan throwing all the food out of | (o™ 10 think that you have & stand-|,p¢ more: Y foldlivoa tol £ol v Jearned to cook, and consequently i women always thought his hair was | I wanted you to have'n talk with kim | the icebox, and now he’s in his room, | 1€, here as ‘the old friend of the fam | “"sho wain't sure vet. If she waited | im zoing soon. wid Dr Kitch about as interesting e | romantic, and most of the time Luella | tenight crying and singing- |4y DUt T donit makie Trens Juck |here tilitwilicht the nurse might'atill | .. Bt e Fide - 1 P 3 & trateht in - oha . : ¥, Dr. Smith, and I haven't given vou | ¢ i B gravely, “but I don’t want as a + boiler room. IUs si 4 | thought so, too Luella sat up straight in her chair.| Suddenly, Luella heard his voice. | 3} povanis b lbring him in from his walk. She re-| B0 e e machine that T don't understand. It's At this moment she found herself | *A talk with me? g, the vrhll‘}{“_‘u! e e thhe wen | membered a tragic confusion in the [ ™Ep" (O i stk easy to say, ‘(io to cooking school.” the | hating him a little, for she saw that “Dr. Smith’s an old friend of mine iy oA % wanted to say Epient 4 "'Em "n:“"f"‘ mifdit of which some one had told her e e e S A T way people do in hooks— 1 tell me | he had raised his hand to his face and (and T think he can tell you a few (JHARLES HEMPLE had had a ner- | eluded her—%so personal w ae: that Chuck had gone, but if that was| = syoure trving to leave yourself the truth, Ede, in real life does any- was rubbing it nervously over his|things, Luella, that you ought to vous collapse. There were 20| *ow ok w 203 toien whY Wi Tislioom WAlthiE Inauro o, iine Lo dlsaven yourselt 1 ever change into a model haus- | chin and mouth. Luella had spoken | know vears of almost uninterrupted toil be HEN the front door had closed and why was the sun shining outside | {rv 1 yun away from vourself, the frau unless 1 to?" about it several times, and he had| *“Why—" she tried to laugh. but she hind him. and the recent pressure at behind him Luella tiptoed softly | his window, and why was she here at | yore von'll have votureell awith wot - “Go on.” said Fde novcommittally. |apologized in a surprised way. But|was surprised and annoyed. “I don’t|heme had been too much for him 1o |into the nursery. al” e SO “Tell me more, sviously he didn’t realize how notice- | see, exactly, what you mean. There’s |1 His fatuous adoration of his “flow's baby?" she asked abstract- Mrs. Hemple.” sisted wildly. “Out of of “NVell, a8 a res the house is al- | able and how irritating it was, for he | nothing the matter with me. 1 don't| wife was the weak point in what had | edly. | She looked up. The weary. shabby | death and failure! ' ) ways in a ric The servants lea kept on doing it just the same. And | belicve I've ever felt better in my | otherwise bheen strong-minded and Ninety-nine one.” whispered the ire of Dr. Smith stood in the door. You haven't fafled yet. You've just every week evire young and things had now reached such a pre- | life.” | well organized carcer--he was aware nurse, holding the thermometer to the u go away.” Luella said du Sosin o competent. T can't train them. so we | carious state that Luella dreaded | Dr. Smith looked at Charles, ask-|of her intense selfishness, but it is one | light. “T just took it “T just wanted to tell you that you Ehe stoodun 3 + Jiave to let them go. If they're experi- | speaking of such matters any more— | inz permission 1o speak. Charles|of the many flaws in the scheme of hu-| “Is that much?’’ asked Luella, [ husband needs you." e onur ey Join ) e e enced, they hate s honse where 3 |u nagging word might precipitate the | nodded, and his hand went up auto-|man relations that selfishness in a | frowning. T don't care.” L 5 by Hes oA woman deesu’t take an intense inter- ' imminent scene matically to his face woman has an_irresistible appeal to| VIt's just threefifths of a degree.| Dr. Smith came a little war into]| Abruptly she g S ey hay O certain men. TLuella’s selfishness ex-| That isn't so much for the afternoon. | the room ways did when he talked to her. She [me: 1 almost s can't see | isted side by side with a childish|They often run up a little with a| “I don't think you understand, Mrs.| covered her face with her hands and | Before you £o > 3 B beauty, and in consequence Charles | cold. Hempie. He's been calling for you.! burst into tears. Who am I worn s | Hemple had begun to take the blame | Lyella went over to the cot and laid | And you haven't anything now except “Go back into that room and tell the | paused in the “Who upon himself for situations which she | her hand on her son’s flushed cheek, | cach other.” ¥ | nurse you'll take vour husband for a |12 I am five years had obviously brought about. Tt was | thinking, in the midst of her anxiety. | “I hate you.” she said suddenly. |drive,” he ordered e B e ib s SAhe an wnhealthy attitude, and his mind | how much he resembled the pink Hite ne It oniiiie s Toranieal e = an £ e hind ' had sickened, at lensth, with his at’|faced cherub of the soap advertise- nothing, you know. I only do the Fou must.” tempts to put himself in the wrong. |ment in the bus. Bless his heart! best 1 can. You'll he better when Once more Luella looked at him 5 o'clock CE After her first shock and the mo-| She turned to the nurse vou realize that your baby is gone,|and knew that she would ot VEREIIANE. o oidlocls G = e mentary flush of pity that followed it.| “Do you know how to cook? ind that you're never going to see | the conviction that e was | & uuaii e e i Luella looked at the situation with| “Why, I'm not a good cook.” him any more.” broken at last, she took up her suit- Except that now his h 3 impatience. She was a “good sport”—| “Well, can you do the baby’s food | Luella sprang to her g nd walked back theough the | vhite and rather more dist she couldn't take advantage of |tonight? That woman has left, and | *My baby isn't dead:” she cried. | hali than ever, hts lons illness of . Charles when he was sick. The ques: | T don't know what to do.” “You i it dlave TiI0 R 4 had left no mark tion of her liberties had to be post Oh, ves, I can do the baby's food.” | ing eves looked into his and caught | g herself was more 1 | poned until he was on his feet. And That's all right, then. ['ll try 10 ' something there, at once brutal and | JHE nature of the curious influence | —She was a little 2 so when she had determined to be a|fix something for Mr. Hemple. Please | kind, that awed her and made her that Dr. Smith exerted upon her | \Vere those lines arc vife no longer, Luella was compelled | have your door open so you can hear | impotent and acquiescent. She lowered | Luella could not guess. But as the had come when (¢ : {to be a nurse as well. She sat beside | the bell when the doctor comes. And | her own eves aund tried despair. days passed, she found herself doing | C¢ased to beat one | his bed while he talked about her in [let me know." ANl I erE e ey ear L St E Tl BT TepiEnaNt 16/ Ko But she w his delirfum—about the days of their| 0 many doctors! There had scarce. aby is gone. What shall 1 do now?” before. She stayed at home with b ooy | engagement, and how some friend had |1y been an hour all day when th our husband is better—much bet rles; and when he grew better, she Mg ey T | told him then that he was making a | wasn't a doctor in the house. ter. All he needs is rest and a little went out with him sometimes to din- was a imature kindness | mistake. and about his happiness in | specfalist at 10—thelr family doctor | kindness. But you must go to him |ner, or the theater, but only when he 2 fessug s Sanfening i the early months of their marriage, |at 10, and again at 3. Now the baby [and tell him what's huppened. He | expressed such a desire. She visited | touched her only reluctantly and ther and his growing disquiet as the gap |doctor was due—and this afternoon | ought to know.” the kitchen regularly, and kept - | hurried quickly away. |appeared. Ividently he had been | there had been Dr. Smith, heavy, per-| T suppose vou think it was vou ' ful eve on the house, at first with a > and her husband are cor more aware of it than she had|sistent, unwelcome, in the parlor. who made him better,” said Luella | horror that it would go wrong zgain, nner.” she said I've got the thought—more than he ever said. Luella went into the kitchen. She | bitterly. | then from custom. And she felt that | tickets. mouEs tined O “Luella!” He would sit straight up | could at least cook bacon and egss| “Perhaps. He's nearly well. it was all somehow mixed up with e in bed. ‘‘Luella! Where are you? for herself—she had often done that| Nearly well—then the last link that | Dr. Smith—it was something he kept ered “I'm right here, Charles, beside|when people ended up at the apart-|held her to her home was broken. | telling her about life, or almost tell you.” She tried to make her volce|ment after the theater. But the vege- | This part of her life was over—she | ing her, and yet concealing from her, | cheerful and warm. tables for Charles were a different | could cut it off here. with its grief tas though he were still afraid to have | “If you want to go. Luella, you'd | matter—they had to be left to boil or {and oppression. and he off now. free | her know. { better go. 1 don’t seem to be enough | stew or something, and the stove hud as the wind. With the resumption of their nor g for you any more.’ so many doors and ovens that she| “I'll go to him in a minute,” Luella | mal life, she found that Charles was = . She dented ;1111.:. soothingly, 1 1 | conldn’t decide which to use. | said in a far-away voice. “Pleise leave | less irritable, less nervous. His habit “I've thought it over, Luella, and After 10 minutes of frantic mud- | me alone.” of rubbing his face had left him, and Ssmeltins BElimi 5 can't ruin_my health on account of|dling in the kitchen, she went to the | Dr. Smith’s unwelcome shadow | if the world seemed less gay and Smelting Eliminated. % you—" Then quickly and passion-|baby's nurse. whom she disliked, and [ melted into the darkness of the hall. | happy to her than it had before, she | METHOD eliminating the smelter ately, after a little pause: “Don’t go. | confessed that she was unable to cook | “I can go away,” Luella whispered | found a certain peace in it, sometimes, | . ST - #oxs ) Luella, "for my _sakey don’t go away ,her husband’s The nurse an-)to herself. *Life has given me back | that she had never known. ‘ froxyitie f pxeces 1o chansin | and leave me!” Promfse me you won't { nounced that a splitting head- { my freedom at least, in place of what| Then, late one afternoon, when she | iron ore into steel and employing the { T'll do anything you say if you won't |ache, and that with a sick child her it took from me." was sitting with Dr. Smith'in the liv- | girect reduction process of fron ore e hands were already full, but she con-|{ But she mustn't tarry even a min- |ing room, he told her suddenly that he | o bas sitee | " His humility annoyed her most: he | sented, without enthusiasm, to show | ute, or Life would bind her sagain | Was going away. to dron without smelting has succeede {was a reserved man. and she had| Luella what to do. and make her suffer anew. She called “What do you mean?” she demand- | in American laboratories, is now in | never guessed at the extent of his de-| Swallowing her humiliation, Luella | the apartment porter and asked thag |ed with 2 touch of pa ~“Do you | use by n company at Oviedo, Spain | votion before. 4 . |obeyed orders while the nurse experi- | her trunk be brought up from thWimean for good?” | anasis vekn ifacted! e e “I'm only going for a minute. It's|mented, grumbling, with the unfa~’.~4u-rsr()um. Then she began taking| “For good. - S 7 | Dr. Smith, your friend. Charles. He [miliar stove. Dinner was ted after | things from the bureau and ward.| For a strange moment she wasn't | Versity of Minnesota mines experi | came today to see how you were,|a fashion. Then it was time for the | robe; trying to approximate as nearly | sure whether she was glad or sorry. | ment station with a view to its intro |don’t you remember? And he wants |nurse to bathe ¢*huck, and Luella snlL:.n possible the posses: s that she! ‘‘You don’t need me an e’ he | quef at the nort » Minnesota 10 talk to me before he goes.” | down alone at the kitchen table, and | had brought to her married life. She ;sald gravely. “You don't realize it | & S “You'll come back?” he persisted. |listened to the bubbling perfume’ that | even found two old dresses that had | vet, but you've grown up.” | according to Science “In just a little while. There—lie ‘esca])ed from the pans. | formed part of her trousseau—out of | He got up and came over, and sit- | containing 30 to 45 | quiet.” | “And women do this every day,” she | style now. and a little tight in the (ting down on the couch beside her | jper cent iron A S e s She raised his head and plumped his | thought. “Thousands of women. | hips—which she threw in with the |took her hand { = 3 g pillow into freshness. A new trained 'Cook and take: care of sick people— 'rest. A new life—a new start. Charles Luella sat silent and tense—listen- | nurse would arrive tomorrow. and go out to work, too. | was well again; and little Chuck, !ing. { used in the process, acco . In the living room Dr. Smith was | But she didn't think of those wom- [whom she had ‘worshiped, and who | Ifish people are simply over-|cialists at t ta st waiting—his suit more worn and en as being like her. except in the | had bored her a little, was gone. |&rown children,” he sa “We make | Large savings will be effected shabby in the afternoon light. She | superficial aspect of having two feet | R jan agreement with children that they | v ueing the cheap fuel @ disliked him inordinately, with an il-|and two hands. She said it as she | | can sit in the audience without kelp- | py eliminatin 1e shipme logical conviction that he was in some | might have said, “‘South Island- | HEN she had packed her trunk,ing to make the play, but it they still | |iyge percentize of waste matter thi |way to blame for her misfortune, but |ers wear rings in their noses.” She | she went into the kitchen auto-|sit in the audience after they're |puct he moved as part of low-grade he seemed so deeply interested that was merely slumming today in her | matically, to see about the prepara-!grown, somebody's got to work double | jron ore. B she couldn't refuse to see him. She|own home, and she wasn't enjoying | tions for dinner. She spoke to the|time for them, so that they can enjoy | The ore is placed in one end o hadn't ever asked him to consult with jit. She knew that, for her, it was|cook about the special things for [the light and glitter of the world. llong, rotating tube and the fuel | the specialists, though. A doctor who | merely a ridiculous exception. | Charles and said that she herself was| “But I want the light and glitter,” | gasified form. is forced into the othe {vas ®o down-at-the-heel probably| Suddenly she became aware of slow | dining out. The sight of one of the|she protested. “That’s all there is in |y temperattre of 1,500 Fahrenheit didn’t know his business approaching &teps in the dining room | small pans that had been used to cook [life. There can’t be anything wrong | maintained snd air is excluded. The Mrs. Hemple.” Tle came forward, |and then in the butler’s pantry. Half | Chuck's food caught hewattention for [in wanting to have things warm.” |fyel burns by combination with i« holding out his hand, and Luellajafraid that it was Dr. Smith coming |a moment—but she stared at it un | Things will still be warn.” Io=en i oF the oo, & Wibon | conibuk touched it, lightly and uneasily. to pay another call, she looked up— | moved. She looked into the icebox | “How?" fioni hussHoen: camplated; only. silion i " = “I want to congratulate you on the jand saw the nurse coming through [and saw it was clean and fresh in- “They will warm themselves from |remains as a foreign substance, mixed “HAS HE BEEN GOOD?” SHE DEMANDED. {way you've taken hold of things, Mrs. | the pantry door. It flashed through |side. Then she went into Charles'|you.” {with the metallic Aron, and the fron s = — == = | Hemple.” Luelia’s mind that the nurse was|room. He was sitting up in bed, and |~ Luella sat up. {is separated from the silica by mag i JEin “But T haven't taken hold of things | zoing to be sick, too. And she was|the nurse was reading to him. His| “From me? J'tism: or ‘seme other physical propes <t in the price of asparagus. So they Luella tossed her gloves and purse Your husband has told me a great|a¢ a11,” she said coldly. “T do what I |right-—the nurse had hardly reached | hair was almost white now, silvery “It’s your turn to he the center, to | The temperature at which Jeave—and half the time we st abruptly on the table. Hearing the | deal about your life together,” said Dr. | pave to—" | the kitchen door when she lurched | white, and underneath it, his eves|give others what was given to you for | place is not sufficient to m. ¢round the hotel.” faint sound. her husband looked out | Smith bluntly. “He asked me to come | wThat's just’it jand clutched at the handle as a wing- | were large and dark in his thin young ! so long. You've got to give security ' and it is unchanged in stru I don't suppose Charles likes /1t toward the hall. ¥ here and see i T could be of any help| jier jmpatience mounted rapidly jed bird clings to a branch. Then she | face. [to young people and peace to vour out. alth h sy = es hotels. n| <IS that you, dear [ in smoothinz things out.” | “I do what I have to. and nothing | receded wordlessly to the floor. Sim-{ ‘“The baby is sick?” he asked in his | husband, and a sort of kindness to the | ed from red to 1 The me fact. he hates shout everything that | oYes. dear. ana | Luells face was burning. | more.” she continued; “and with noj ultaneously the doorbell rang: and|own natural voice. Jold. You've got to let the people who | tallic iron is then agslomerated 1nto % tike. ile’s lukewarm about the thea She went into the livi L 1\“'-'” ) i'"‘ | “I have no particular faith in psy- | particular good will _|Luella, getting to her feet, gasped | She nodded. ¥ work for you depend on you. You've | briquets by pressing, so that it will be o Chates concerts, hates daneing, | Walked into his avms and Kissed him | choanalysis,” she said coldly, “and 1{ Suddenly she opened up to him | with relief that the baby doctor had | He hesitated, closing his eyes for|got to cover up a few more troubles | easier to nanaie. T e et <ometimes 1 think | tensely. Charles Hemple responded | ycarceiy consider myself a subject for | again, as she had the night of the ! come. |a moment. Then she asked: |than you show, and be a little more | It is claimed that perfecticon ot the hites BoIng A ing pleasant in the | With unusual formality. and then | catasirophe—realizing that she was| “Fainted, that's all,” he said, tak-| *The baby is dead? patient than the average person, and | pro on a commercial scale will he lates e i i vear or | turned her slowly around so that she | " Neither have 1. answered Dr.|putting herself on a footing of inti-|ing the girl’s head into his lap. The res do a little more instead of a little less | provide the most important method O hite Chuck was on the way, and | faced across the room. | Smith, apparently unconsclous of the | macy with him, yet unable to restrain |eyes fluttered. “Yep, she fainted,| For a long time he didn't speak.|than your share. The light and glitter |yet developed of utilizing the low ‘ e e et him. 1 didn't| “T've brought some awe home to|snub: “I have .no particular faith in|her words. that's all.” R The nurse came over and put her|of the world is in your hands.” grade ore of the Minnesota and s jut this year 1 told Charles |dinner.” | anything but myself. 1 told you Iam| ‘“The house isn't going,” she broke| “Everybody’s sick!" cried Luella|hand on his forehead. Two large, e broke off suddenly. Michigan ranges, estimated to exceed puind. But this vear 1 o ongh | She saw then that they were not | not a specialist, nor, T may add, a|out bitterly. “I had to discharge the |with a sort of despairing humor. |helpless tears welled from his eves.| “Get up,” he said, “and go to that|1.000,000,000 tons, of ihich almost srankly that T was still voung enouet | ohe, and her first foeling was of [ faddist of any sort: I servants. and now I've got a woman | “Everybody’s sick but me, doctor.” ‘After another long walt, the nurse | mirror and tell me what you see.” none is mow used in the iron and o Wrfl“fr»‘“”'" “”} out whether he | strong zeliet: nothing. T do ouly the best T in by the day. And the baby has a “This one’s not sick.” he said after spcie: Obediently Luella got up and went to steel industry. -