To a young man under thirty the end of the world comes at least once every six months. But he always survives the catastrophe and is ready to take up life with renewed vigor in the new Eden that inevitably follows. Work that absorbs the whole mind is a wonderful aid in weathering such crises of the emotions. Perhaps this is the answer to the question, "Who invented work—and why?"
Dudley Drake softly closed the door leading into the corridor from an elaborate suite of rooms on the fifteenth floor of the Hotel Biltmore, and, briefcase and straw hat in his hand, walked over the soft rug toward the elevator. As he pushed the button and stood waiting for the elevator to appear he looked very cheerful. It was eleven o'clock of the Monday morning following the Saturday night of his dramatic parting with Carmelita at Hedgewood. Momentous events had happened since then for both of them, though each was still ignorant of what the other had past through.
When Dudley left his wife after his dramatic
