New Britain herald., 1930-07-24
he table. waving a broken glass.

the table, waving a broken glass.
 When the din of the song finally subsided Brynmor rose to reply. Be- fore he had chance to begin, Tony shouted;
 q. the defeated rival, salute you.'
 He sent a glass of champagne sail ing through the air, and it narrow ly escaped Brynmor's 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 precaricusly on the edge of the table.
 Presently a waiter approached and tactfully intimated that MT. Titherton, was wanted on the telephone Tony had seen Brynmor motion. to the same chap a moment before. He knew 1t was a 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 >eecu- toner he exclain d grandilo- quently
 1 Knocking his opera hat askew with the silver knob of his black ebony cane. he sauntered down the corridor and out into the street.
 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 1 hair"
 Oh she's gone" with an expres- sive gesture, T do not know where, but they say she is or 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 atro- cious piuk frock-with sleeves. In another 'moment he would have stumbled across the floor and asked l her 10 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 included Gwendolyn Carruthers. She greeted him with q cold stare. r Hey, Gwendolyn," he grinned as l he passed her table. don't let your l face freeze that way I'd advise you to smile"
 The others laughed, but Gven- dolyn bIushcd 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 else
 The rest of the night was a con- tinuous round of other night clubs. Tony himself didn't remember which ones they were. He had for gotten his car. and left hls fate in the hands of willing taxi drivers.
 He had q befuddled impression of climbing one set of stairs, and down another of seeing tables damned together people eat ing .., bands playing , Q. syncopat- ing all different .. vet all the same " all expensive all crowd cd and all-damnably rotten. He was trying to escape from him self . trying 10 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 a stool in a coffee stall on a 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 d dozen down-and- cutters who sat near him.
 "What'L it be. boys? Order any thing you like. We'll eat everything in the whole bloomin' stand .. :"
 The man beside Tony applauded.
 The gov-nor's a Wit, e is" ! Tony accepted the compliment. and ordered fresh cup of coffee l for each of them
 After few minutes. 8 man with q hurdN-gurdy appeared on the scene.