THE EMANCIPATRIX

by
HOMER EON FLINT

New York


[Illustrated title: 'The Emancipatrix' in script, over a
background of a bee silhouetted against a full moon on the
horizon.]




I

THE MENTAL EXPEDITION


The doctor closed the door behind him, crossed to the table, silently
offered the geologist a cigar, and waited until smoke was issuing from
it. Then he said:

"Well," bluntly, "what's come between you and your wife, Van?"

The geologist showed no surprise. Instead, he frowned severely at the
end of his cigar, and carefully seated himself on the corner of the
table. When he spoke there was a certain rigor in his voice, which told
the doctor that his friend was holding himself tightly in rein.