The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1917-09-18

GOODWIN was eager to secure the or
der. When the bids were all in Ed
gerton said to Billy:
by the bye, Saxton, is Mrs. Mont
gomery Saxton relative of yoursT
"She is my aunt"
Il see by the papers that there is to
be wedding in that family in June,
and all the swells will be there. Are
you goingT
Certainly"
Then the conversation turned again
upon the bids When Billy went home
that evening he told Eunice about this
mention of the wedding.
did you tell him you would get him
an invitation?" asked Eunice.
"Why, no; l didn't think to do that.
He is only business acquaintance.
Stupid! Go ask your aunt for an
invitation for him and his wife, If he
has wife, and tell her that this order
you are expecting from him is de-
pendent upon her sending him one"
Billy hurried off to his aunt and upon
making known his reasons for asking
for the invitation received it and the
next day when he called on Edgerton
to talk business tossed it on the desk
before which he sat. Edgerton put it
in his pocket, and before Billy left him
he had the order he coveted. But there
was a condition attached to 1.-THE
must place it with Sampson, Bliss &
Co., a firm Edgerton wished to favor
Billy reported to Mr.. Goodwin the
result Of the negotiations, much to that
gentleman's disappointment Goodwin
had mentioned the matter to his wife,
and when she asked him If he had re-
ceived the order he was obliged to
make known why he had not received
it. He told the story Billy had told
him, including the exchange of the
wedding invitation for tie order
There followed storm in the Goodwin
family, during which Mrs. Goodwin
said she did not believe that Billy had
been forced to give the order to Samp-
son. Bliss & Co. and If her husband
had followed her suggestion to invite
the Saxtons to dinner his firm would
have received the order
This put O suspicion into Mr.. Gold
wins head that Billy had favored an
other concern In preference to his en-
ployer's, and 1t ranked In his heart
Billy's services were easy to replace,
and when he went to his Office the next
day his employer showed his spleen by
discharging his clerk Billy was told
the reason for his dismissal and was
very much hurt thereat. He told Ed
gerton about 1t. and Edgerton went to
Sampson, Bliss & Co. and secured him
position at double the salary he had
been receiving.
Billy's commission on the order was
some $4,000 and a new salary at $50
q week But this was only the begin
ming Of a successful career 1t was
known that he had controlled an order
amounting to several hundred thousand
dollars, and number Of concerns Of
fered him better salary than that CIV
en- him by his new employer. But by
the advice of Edgerton he declined
them all The truth is that Edgerton's
wife was woman well calculated for
a social sinner, but had needed start,
first appearance, to enable her to get
her tentacles on those she would utilize
for climbing. The invitation that came
through Billy Saxton was all she re-
quired, and the next season found Mr..
and Mrs. Edgerton fully recognized as
members of the golden circle.
AS for Mr.. and Mrs. Saxton, they,
too, had made a start. 1t was not up
the social ladder, for they had been
born on the top round. It was In max
ing their social position pay financially
Mrs. Saxton has taken up the matter
and with hints from her husband has
already received certain tips that have
enabled him to get in on the ground
floor Of enterprises that promise large
results The couples ancestors would
have scorned to make capital out of
their social position, but the present
social circle liz very different one
from that of the olden time. The So
cial circle Of those days was based
largely on refinement, and, although
the possession Of wealth has always
been conducive to refinement, 1t was
then possible for refined persons to
maintain a position in society without
wealth. Today that is impossible ex-
cept when the position is inherited.
and then only for a short period.