The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-11-02
] LIE LUXURY !! J! !!R|'Yl II! HUSBAND 4! l!

with praise for her amazing inge-
 nuity. She laughingly discounted
 it passing not a little praise on tc
 Henderson.
 The costume he wore was. that oi
 an old-fashioned ringmaster. tall
 black hat, an ill-fitting tail coat
 dress trousers and, in his hand a
 whip which he cracked continuously
 Dancing now was in full swing, a
 mad, merry tumble on the floor. A
 porcupine with kangaroo, a bear with a rabbit, a trapeze artist with
 a seal--the laughs they got out of it, the fun! Never had they felt
 themselves freer from restraint more determined on roaring good time.
 The very clothes they wore, cir GUS clothes, seemed to transplant them to the care-free days of child hood-business worries, disappoint- ing love affairs, all vanished for the time being.
 During the first part of the eve- ming the Golden Symphony Eight was concealed behind trellis. They were being kept in reserve for one of the specially arranged stunts planned to enliven the evening.
 Henderson, dancing with Bar bara, was whispering:
 Its a splendid success. I'm so glad for you. You're happy, aren't you, my dear? Please tell me you're, happy ."
 "Yes, Hendy. I'm happy I'd be an ungrateful little pig, wouldn't l, If I werent?"
 Yes-she supposed she was happy. She liked the signs of life and ex- fcitement all around her. Only-see- ing the hands Of young couple cling together longer than was ne- cessary at the end of a dance then was she conscious of a sharp twinge in her heart. A sharp twinge of envy, of memory, of long ing for the days when she and Ray had been so absurdly in love {. :.
 A gala entertainment was planned for the middle of the evening. To open it, Barbara, acceding to nu- merous requests, had promised to dance for her guests. In her short skirts, with her bare knees and high boots, she suited her dance to the spirit of the occasion, cracking her whip as she went through her steps, ending with a couple of somersaults that brought forth thunderous applause.
 Ray sufficiently tall to watch her over the trellis, was poignantly aware of strangely mixed feelings The lavishness he saw around him made it seem absurd that it was his own wife who was doing it. The irony made him feel like laughing, especially when he thought of his own meager apartment. How had he ever had the nerve to marry Barbara when their two worlds were so completely apart!
 Still, incredible as it Flight he, she was still his wife. A mad no- tion had seized him to rush down into that circus ring, take Barbara and whirl her away in his arms.
 Why not? But watching her face, the impulse died. He believed in her assumed gaiety. He had no means of knowing that it was not real.
 Tight-rope walkers and trapeze artists followed Barbara's turn Then came the event of the eve ming, veritable circus parade genuine wild animals hired from an act touring the vaudeville cir cult.
 They were led up the wide stair case and into the ring by their keepers. What laughter, what ap- plause greeted them! For a num- Der of the animals led were most costumed.
 : A great bear paraded in tartan plain pantaloons, an ostrich wore glasses and an absurd hat was stuck on her head; monkeys were festive with huge Elizabethan ruffs, o r,a rsrao ,,oo1ilnc r,arad difau nn their