Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-20
"A DAUGHTER of TWO WORLDS
A story Of
BY LEROY SCOTT
author o. Washinoon souoro" MARY Reocr."

bowtldering swiftness.
Kenneth laid his other hand on the
hand he was holding. Jennie. look me
straight in the eyes" he commanded
in low voice, She obeyed Here's
what / came home for; / came home
to ask you whether, when you were SO
nice TO me month or SO ago, you were
just flirting, or whether you really
cared?"
The suddenness, the complete uuex-
pectedness of IL all utterly swept away
her power of speech. She could only
gaze at him. She could not even think.
But her eyes perceived how eager was
his handsome face, she was conscious
what a graceful figure he made in his
white fannels. There was
long moment of silence down there on
that platform, shut off from all but the
sea, with the water rhythmically plash.
ing over the edge--a long moment, while
they gazed eye into eye.
Because" he said at length. "out
there. all alone, couldn't help remem-
bering how nice you had been to me-
| And whether you care or not-I care ~
She had enough Of womans instinc-
i've evasiveness to reply: "But /
| thought that Gloria was"
There are two things I awoke to
while out there In the West. ."Nb he inter
rupted: One was that really never
cared for Gloria. The other was that ]
really, cared for you. And I've come
home to tell you how much I love you
and to ask whether you care little
and to ask il you will marry me-"
She had known him In his earlier at
titude toward her, as. half in earnest,
as amusedly superior, but there was no
doubling his full earnestness at this
moment. She did not at once reply,
She had not analysed her feelings for
MN before this and within her was
too great whirl for her to analyze
| them now.
She did not know whether she really
loved him; but she had been. md was
now more than ever, fascinated by his
personal charm-to which was added
ID her subconscious mind, the attrac !.
ton OF his manner of perfect ease In
the great world, the knowledge of his
worldly success. 1t came to her in this
swift moment that though she had plan
hed ana worked to get on, she had not
planned for just this achievement ant,
It also came to her, should her answer
be yes, It would open the doors to The
fulallment Of all her ambitions and the
ambitions that others had dreamed for
her.
| "Jenqie-do you care?" he huskily
insisted.
Her eyes, very bright, met his: her
voice was a breathless, bewildered whis
per.
II think I care for you--more thar
for any other
But presently, even in these suprem,
moments while she first rested upor
the shoulder of her wonderful lover
her divided soul. her habit of lookin;
back into tho world she had left, as
serted itself. Her mind flashed to tw,
hours before and she saw her fathe
as he made his sudden exit from he
taxicab, his grim, .unhandsome fac
working with hunger and gloating pride
sne again she heard his gruff unstead
whisper, "Remember--I'll be backin
you up In every play -
When he learned about this, wha
would her father think?
Black Jerry Insures Jennie's Happines
| AN HOUR later, when Jennie an
"A Kenneth mounted from the wave
washed landing Of stone where life TO
swift upward flight, 1t had been decide
that Kenneth's family was at ono
to be told Of the engagement. To Jcn
MES bewilderment over the event itsel
was added the suspense of how tn
! family would take it. She was suddenl
and acutely conscious that in the mat
ter of her social desirability she wa
far. far less than they believed her
and they believed her to be just a lik
J able girl, an orphan, without fortun
and without position.
} But before Kenneth was half throug
his first sentence, Mrs. Harrison ha
grasped what had happened, and Jen
nie's suspense instantly was gone. Mrs
Harrison took Jennie into her arms, he
kindly eyes flushed with sudden tears
: Its Just what I've been wishin
for this long, long time!" she CRIED
I'm so happy, my dear--so happy ~
! And Sue-Sue found such part of tn
English language as twenty years an
! Braithewood Hall had placed at he
command totally inadequate for her de
} light. Her happiness could only ex
press itself in calculations, hugs, per
fervid kisses. And when, little later
Mr.. Harrison returned upon the Myru
! he accepted Jennie with all the hearti
ness she could have expected of him.
seemed that the whole family was
harmonious unit of pleasure over Jen
nie's prospective entrance into tn
!! family.
! CONTINUED MONDAY