The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-07-15

the table, waving broken glass
 When the din of the song finally subsided, Rrynmor rose to reply Before he had a chance to begin, Tony shouted
 T, the defeated rival, salute youl"
 He sent a glass of champagne sailing through the air, and it narrowly escaped Brynmors head. The guests howled as it crashed to the floor. Several whispered to their neighbors, Not quite the best taste" or Must have had too much"
 Tony realized that his conduct was becoming abominable, but he continued to lead the riot by way ing glasses wildly as he rocked back and forth with one foot on his chair and the other perched precariously on the edge of the table.
 Presently a waiter approached and tactfully intimated that MT. Titherington was wanted on the telephone. Tony had seen Brynmor motion to the same chap a moment before. He knew it was lie, but took the hint.
 Kicked out" he grinned to the waiter. once they were in the hall outside. The man coughed apolo- getically, and Tony handed him a ten shilling note.
 "A purse of gold to the execu- tionerl" he exclaimed grandilo- quently.
 Knocking his opera hat askew corridor and out into the street. with the silver knob of his black ebony cane, he sauntered down the street. sa
 The evening was young, and Tony decided to visit the Emerald Drag on. It had been some time since he had made an appearance there. Where's that little dancing girl Clarice?" he demanded of the head waiter. "The girl with the red hair?"
 "Oh, she is gone" with an express sive gesture. "I do not know where, but they say she is on the conti- nent."
 Tony wandered toward the dance floor, sat down and ordered cham pagne. To his uncertain eyes it seemed that dozens of walters re- sponded to his wishes.
 Suddenly he spied a girl sitting opposite him. She wore an atrocious pink frock-with sleeves. In an- other moment he would have stumbled across the floor and asked her to dance, but instead he jumped to his feet, called for his bill and departed.
 Next he went to the Jungle Club. There he came upon party which in u e d Gwendolyn Carruthers. She greeted him with a cold stare.
 Hey, Gwendolyn," he grinned as he passed her table. don't let your face freeze that way. I'd advise you to smile"
 The others laughed, but Gwen dolyn blushed in fury. Someone asked Tony to join the party, but he waved his hand in refusal and made for the door. He wanted to go somewhere else somewhere l else
 The rest of the night was a con- tinuous round of other night clubs. Tony him self didn't remember which ones they were He had for gotten his car, and left his fate in the hands of willing taxi drivers.
 He had befuddled impression of climbing one set of stairs, and down another of seeing tables jam med together people eating :. bands playing i. syncopating !. .. all different yet all the same all expensive all crowded and all-damnably rotten. He was trying to escape from himself trying to escape from thoughts of Mary Lou.
 Four o'clock, when the first fin gers of dawn were stretching over the horizon, found him seated on stool in coffee stall on dingy side street where he never had been before.
 Come on, boys, let's eat. The treats on me"
 He waved an unsteady arm to- ward half a dozen down-and- who sat near him.
 "What1l it be, boys? Order any, thing you like We'll eat every thing in the whole bloomin' stand.
 The man beside Tony applauded
 The guv'nor's wit, e is.' ) Tony accepted the compliment