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Show L S ILOVE and MARRIED UFE tsa, the noted author I Idah MSGlone Gibson JOHN IS V.N GUY. ; Elisabeth Moreland moved awaj' toward th6 door as I stoppr-d speaking, speak-ing, and In a moment I realized that the had John's face before I. Ho stood In the doorway, very Uill and straight. I n'Vir .saw him look handsomer, hand-somer, even if he did soem furiously angry. That gray look had settled over his face a look which up to this time had always filled m with fear, and I think my first real consclous-nr5a consclous-nr5a of any thought was the know I-. edge that I was not afraid of that look any more. 'Hello John." saJd Elizabeth I wonder If you realize that you ha e arrived Just In time to provide the illustration il-lustration of what your wife has Just & been saying." v hat do you mean Elizabeth and where le mj wife " r She s here and she has just been Lj saying that Rhe would not be one of those old fashioned women who thought her place was In th home and always stayed there. She explained ex-plained that sho would not meet any man at the door every evening In wifely welcome, no matter how much She wanted to do this, because she knew that you men were such strange animals that you would, tiro very quickly of such devotion And so I expect that, knowing you were returning re-turning this evening, .she hied herself to the club. I JOHN STRIDES FORWARD. John had been striding toward me as Elizabeth's clear cut, staccato tones filled the .''lr. As ho came forward. still frowning. I put on' my hands as! though I thought nothing was the I X matter K I could not help smiling insldp of j W me to see that this time John Gordon J - was trying to be careful of the speech r; of people It was he, and not I. that was afraid Consequently, his mouth broke Into a wry smile as putting his arm about me he turned to Elizabeth J and snld'. "Kathcrine didn't expect U if me and whp-i I did not find her at I H the hotel: I came out here." W jr. "I'm so glad you're here dear. ' 1 said, "for now we can get right to work fixing up the house You must i A, take me back to the hotel now. 1 1 t 'f. reall) did not know that I would tire' dY so quickly. Did Miss Parker tell you H that I was hr-ro0" I naked John as tH I turned to go for my wrap cM "Yes, sho told me." he answered jfl We said no more until I was In the H motor ZM Will you kindly tell me why you KM didr.'t go to Mother's Katharine? Do H you realize that it is costing at least $40 a day where you are staving " The I I first thing in ihe morning we will move back. TO STAY AT HOTEL, We will do nothing of the kind. John," 1 tald. "You know very well tb:it I would have been very glad to have gone back into our old rooms With mother, but I do not intend to I take the baby up to the third floor, that heated largo room in which 1 ! would have no comforts whatever. Why, there isn't a bathroom up there. Tomorrow you can make arrangements arrange-ments to get m Into the new house as soon a possible, but until then I shall stay at the hotel " ' But I shall tell Elizabeth that It isn't con's enlent for you and the baby to bo up there and she will give up her room to you. They are your old i rooms, you know, and of course you J won't mind using her furniture for a w h 1 1 'I do mind very" much, ' I answered : I mind so much that I shall not do It" "Will you kindly tell me, Mrs. Gordon Gor-don who Is going to pay $-10 a day I for your stay at. the hotel for , the I next ten days ? ' I ' I think Mr. John Gordon will do it I answered quietly. ' He will do nothing of the kind " ' Then he probably will be sued by the hot.d management ' ' Will nn kindly tell me what is the matter with you, Kathcrlne" I have never seen you like this." : wasn t aware that I had cnanged so much." "luu know ery well that under ordinary' circumstances you would put up with anything before you would make such a fuss" THAT'S JUS! this trouble:. "Yes, that's Just the trouble, John." I said. "I think I hae been putting up with too much to keep peace In ihe family. Xow that the baby has J come 1 am going to turn my entire attention to keeping her comfortable and healthy and I am going to lot im i ket-p the peace for awhile, John. In1 the Gordon family " ' I sometimes wish there wasn t a, woman on earth, ' he broke out angrily. an-grily. W . II, I don't think you would be very happy with no women on earth, my dear husband, but if you wish that a certain woman that you know very, well was not on earth, perhaps I could' echo It." John knew whom I meant very Wall, but he Junt relapsed into the corner of the car with a groan (Copyright by National Newspaper Service.) (To Be Continued.) |