The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-10-08
Chapter 8
A BARRIER OF DOLLARS

Solic WdS UltlllS ilci 4iP " hSNP Ne'O4 the tears. He was being so diff cult How she wished he would see things in the sensible way she didl Everything then would bS wonderful
 She had not expected him to keer on being stubborn about accepting her money once he had given il sufficiently to marry her!
 But, by the look on his face, sh' knew that it would be useless t argue with him in his present mood.
 "At least, won't you let me give you our honeymoon abroad as ? wedding gift?"
 He moved uneasily in his char It hurt him terribly to have to refuse her and on this day of days too.
 She looked so sweet anu appealine as she sat there, her hazel eye' fixed anxiously upon his face. There was no other girl in the whole world who could compare with her he was convinced of that.
 All the same he said;
 T can't do it, Barbara. I'm aw- fully sorry, dear, but we've got tc get this straight from now on."
 She regarded him with a hur' frown.
 T don't see why it should mat ter which one of us has the mone5 so long as it's there Think how much luckier we are than most young couples starting outl"
 But he could not see it from her point of view.
 T don't agree with you, Barbara I don't think a lot of money is al together a blessing when you're young like we are. I'm norma enough to want to work for you and it hurts me to think that II never be able to give you anything that you couldn't have bought a' easily for yourself" He broke off abruptly. However, that's beside the point. For the present Tn afraid you'll have to accustom' yourself to my blowing on that olc saxophone, my dear"
 The girls teeth were set owe, her lower lip and with Barbarf that was dangerous sign. Her eyeS flashed angrily as she snatched he hand out of his.
 Its that rotten old pride C yours You let it keep us apar for three years and now it's going to ruin our honeymoon. How dc you think I'll feel when the pas sengers know that my husband I playing in the orchestral"
 We could keep our marriage secret" he suggested.
 No, I don't believe in that. r. planned on our leaving the ship al Southampton and going on up tf London for couple of weeks, but of course, if you're bent in finish ing this tour just in order to make me feel small and foolish"
 Her voice trailed away and hurt angry tears brimmed to her eyes Ray could not hold out in the fact of her obvious misery. Desperate ly he wanted to make her happy.
 Barbara, Barbara, please don talk like that. I'll do whatever you want me to and, dear, I'll le you lend me the money. I'll give you an I. O. U. for it."
 She agreed, although she smiled to herself. She took the note iron him later, but more in the light o1 an amusing farce they were stag ing than anything serious.
 Dusk was stealing over them; al around, in the Bois, lights were popping up; it was growing chilly on the veranda.
 Let's go in and dance for while" she murmured. as she hook ed her fingers contentedly througl his. And, please, don't row an, more this evening, Ray. I wan this to be such wonderful night
 Tt will be-" he assured hei squeezing her fingers. How coul' it fail to be? You and l
 Late that night the returned [ the hotel. They were tired, bot of them, tired and keyed up at tn same time.
 It seemed to come over ther suddenly, as they stood there be side the white twin beds, that the were actually married.
 They smiled at each other, faint ly and tremuiously, each avoidin the others eyes. They might hay been strangers, in that momen meeting for the first time unde embarrassing circumstances.
 Indeed, Barbara was asking, this tall, dark. lean man was ac tualIy her husband. She felt ths she scarcely knew him. Of cours she had known him well three year aeo, but she had seen many ind cations that he had changed.