New Britain herald., 1929-10-24
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Henderson's words rang in Kay ears for hours afterwards. "Who rays the piper is at lib- erty to call the tune.' Nothing original "a trite phrase and vet it seemed to sum up the whole situation. At first he had felt impelled 10 get up and hit Henderson. He de termined to wait until I2 saw the man alone. but it was being forced home to him that there %as cer- tain grim justice in what he Eng lishman had said.
 Barbara did pay the piper and If the tune she wanted to call was filtration with Henderson what right had he, Ray. to interfere with her How he wished that he had stuck to his original intention and re- fused to touch a penny of her money, His love for her had made him weak and his weakness now tied his hands, making him powerless to protest. Since the first day of their honeymoon he had allowed himself to drift into the habit of accepting money from his wife. Now he saw only too clearly just where that had led h:m.
 A grim smile hovered about ms mouth. To what had that woman on the ship likened him? To lux ury Barbara was able to afford At the time he had thought it joke. Since then it had become the ironic truth.
 He loved Barbara as intensely as ever, yet that night he felt that the situation had become intolerable and that to stay with her longer would mean the sacrifice of every yestige of his self-respect.
 Pacing up and down the little room, while from outside lame strident laughter he determined that something should be done. He chewed it over all night and into the following morning. At noon, in a downtown cafeteria, ha chanccd upon Bill Foster returned the day previously from his London orches- tral successes.
 Towards the end Of the week Henderson departed to visit friends in Boston.
 He had been with the Lowthers six weeks and. during that time, he had seen sufficient to realize that reactions between Barbara and Ray were far from satisfactory. There fore he deemed it advisable to leave them alone for a wnlle, in the hop that climax night be reached while he was away.
 And in this Ray played deliber- ately into his hands.
 The second evening after Hem derson had gone Barbara and Ray found themselves, as. though by some miracle, alone. Dilnar over, Barbara drew up a char before the fire and motioned Ray to do the same.
 Miserable night" she murmured as she rubbed her hands over the hot blaze of logs. But 4 s nice to have an evening alone together -once in while, lsn It?
 "Yes, once in a while.' Although she noticed shade of sarcasm in his tones, she laughed and let il pass. She remembered he had been unusually silent during din ner, she wondered if he might bc jealous Of the Irritation she had carried on with Henderson. She smiled at him affectlonatcly. HcndS was all very well in his way, good fun for a limited period but, ot course, he was not a patch on hel Ray.
 Looking up at him where h' stood nervously lingering d bras' ornament on the mantelshclf, hor eyes softened with q mixture 0 admiration and love. tow though him exactly good looking but Bar bara was one Of those few Hi darkness his lcanness appealed t' her.
 Married eight months, and hi love-making still thrilled her as i