Show THE VIRGIN WIFE by harold L douglas douglal CHAPTER VIII A MID DANCE it was the early part of august and thoro there was a dance at the hall in ill V nowhere in the world is ia this form of amusement more popular than in utah the hispano american countries possibly ably excepted the dance hall is the place whore where friend and aid foo foe age and youth mingles soc sociably lubly and amicably it is hero here that the stranger becomes acquainted with the cho people charity mingles with revelry and religion invokes divine blessings on the gathering the interior of the hall ia i roughly finished board seat extend clear around the walls the floor is worn sino smooth othas as glass by a multitude of feet the boys came first and gathered around the musical artists then a B crowd of impecunious murals without I 1 the necessary four bits began to col act outside tho door occasion occasionally ally this crowd part to admit the lad ladies ies who usually j came in pairs their costumes costumed represented eve every ry im imaginable i agi color and an design although the usual sumitr summer dross dress of white pro ppe in the course of time the hall became pretty well filled Saip sapphira hira wept swept into tho the hall half followed by laura and fred griswold 4 plain quadrille called the floor manager and the young men made a break for the opposite si sile loo of the hall where the ladies were qT arranged ranged in in a raw liko like prize pumpkins at a county fair 1 some of the men in the slang of the iho day got left one original genius who was determined to let himself down easy was introduced by a friend to the greenest of green girls will you danke dane with mo me hv bo asked no she drawled out in a voice meant to be languid maam said jhb young man no it A 1 I beg I 1 your pardon madam but you must have misunderstood me I 1 did dici not ask you to dan daab 30 but merely inquired if your father faher was a christian total eclipse of girl and amusement of bystanders tho the third danco dance was a polka fred crossed to where sapphira was seated and whispered come on she took his arm and moved upon the floor and as the music began they commenced to polka slowly at first then faster as the music grow grew livelier just then frank en entered torea ho he stood in the corner with his hands in hii chiq pockets inspecting the crowd then he noticed his wife and fred and kept watching them closely till they were boated beato d ho he saw frank bond bend over his partner to whisper something in her ear and must havo have misunderstood to iho action anyway ho io sprang f forward ivard and drawing an ail immense six gun 0 from froin under his coat pointed it at his brother rd NEXT WEEK |