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Show The D octor s Happy Thought It had in 111 c nlv a few inoii'lis sine, ut'ihg 111. k..k had In 41111 turning Ti at the brand lo w entrance of the equally brand new tint building, running up one HiKhl of stairs mid rattling l is brand new hitch key In tlie lock a purely MiporlluouH procecdim. because be-cause veiling Mrs. Illckok, who had been watching for him down the street ever slncu 5:.".tt, alwajs opened tlie door be lore he did more than touch It. There would b a delightful fracrance of baking things and steaming steam-ing coffee In the ulr and bright lir;ht in the kitchen ami a rulfly apron upon Mrs. Illckok, all of which signified that dinner shortly would be upon tlie table. Illckok bad grown so used to this scenic setiing that when his key turned clear around and the door opened without Ihe help of his wife his heart Jumped In vague alarm. As I he 1 liti red the shock developed. The j kitchen end of tlie Hat was datk. Sol was tin- dining room. In the living I room Ihe t-ha.le.l ilmp light was going and languidly bestowed In the easli'.-t j thnir sat Mrs. IlicKnk, i.ttln d in her liewi-nt gown, with ler hair (Indurated i ami no apron vi..!j!c. She was read-! read-! I"- ! "Arc are vou rick?" gaspe d her' lies!.:. 11. 1, advancing with hat and coat ; k; i I on. j She held out one white hand, nulled ! swe.tly and said, "No." She seemed rpiite en In 1. "Then what wh-" itiieniere.1 In r hi wi!.. red hiislmiid. lie laid uu anxious anx-ious hand 111,011 h r hrow. "My henl'h Is perfect, Angustu." she told him. "I've just had a gre.il ii.',!it bre ak In upon me' You see, tliii a!t. riKMin I hap(ieliei (o rend a:i nr tic 1c. a great long one, in one of tlie li .Piitri iu:r:a.!nes, by a famous due-0 due-0 r. It was about what lie calVd the sin of being homely, lie said It was ' I'V.-ry woiii. m's first duty to he beau- 1 til til and -" "It isn't a du'y wllh jou because it's pirf'ctly natural!" nss.'ited Hiekok, v iii!"U!ly. "l!ut what " "So, of e( iirse. I couMn't get dinner." din-ner." concluded his wife, us though the matter was now fully explained. Hiekok sat clown and stared at her. "I don't understand," he murmured. "Is eating laeiiinpa' ilile w ith beauty, I und, If so. what If I'd ratio r eat than dnnle by my superior loveliness?" "He said." replied J,rs. Illckok. silting sil-ting up straight, "that a woman bad no buslncHs dolus; any "sort of work which impairs her health or good looks or happiness or hurts her bands or ruins her eompleUoii, because It makes her an unprofitable member of the community and her husband won't love her! He said (hat heat from the eookstove had spoiled more com- 1 plexloiiH than i.ll Die paint and pow- j d' r In the world and that Ihe 'much ! denounced hothouse air of the hall 1 room Is a Callloiuia zephyr compare. I with tlie soupy, oniony stew that pauses for air in the kitchen.' He; said early rising l ad caused more ! nervous wrecks than lite bonis ami 'lial social dissipiitiens and rich dinners din-ners are to Just plain (unking for ! harvest Imnils or washing for a family cf six as chicken pox is to ehob 111. (dl. and he said a lot mere' I bad never thought of It lefoie, bill, of course, I'd rather you kept on carinn for me, ko I made up my mind to stop." "Milly," asked Illckok, "are you sure your head doesn't ache?" "Head It voursilf!" retorted bis wife, thrusting the magazine Into Ids hands with energy. "He's a scientific man and he ought to know! Head there wtere he says: 'Not only Is 1c one of th" Inalienable rights of wome n to life, liberty Hiid the pursuit of happiness, hap-piness, t ) have all the money she artistically ar-tistically nei-ds and can get to make herself beautiful In face, figure and costume, but she has the right to refuse re-fuse and revolt against any form of work which robs her of what beauty fhe possesses. I noticed two of my niu;'rs were roughened, so I think it Is high tune I revolted! It makes me shiver to think of my life bad I missed seeing that article!" "Do you mean to say," demanded Hiekok, "that you are never going to cook a meal or dust a room? You know when you married me that we couldn't afford a maid for a year! I don't want you to drudge, Milly, but little four-room flat and dinner for two doesn't strike me as an appalling proposition for a healthy young woman wom-an if she uses common sense! I hadn't noticed that you wtre fading away or losing your good looks and I must say thnt a wife with any appreciation ap-preciation cf her duty wouldn't tako up with any such crazy notion " "That is a very convincing article." declared Mrs. Hiekok. "Hut but what do you Intended for us to do?" queried Hiekok. Mrs. Hiekok surveyed him solemnly. solemn-ly. "Well." b" aid. getilng to he-r feet and turning her back. "Ml tell you what we'll do this evening You go fresln-n up and put on the clean collar and cuff I've laid out for you 1 and we'll run over to mother's for 1 rt,nnr. Khe was In today and Invited tin! That's why there is no dinner , here!" , Illckok made a dash at his wife and 1 shook her. j "M don't!" irt(t?lJ Mrs. Hiekok. T-jr you'll knock my b hair all down! An rustua. s sstop!" "Well. you bad m scare! all right!" aid Hiekok. |