Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-10


-xrs souare face clenched; his lool
r .ooo,ne,a glover. $50, then, you w
Inon nlnying with me! Playing
jusi ali these weeks Do you sup
VIII gc I,d have done this tonight If you
poSg ppOSr,t made me think you were lead
Ing me on' 20 .n, :.
or sb' he pb had said, but it. did not cause
WIZ" lower her weapon. You may
her .iuht ~ IN an extent" she admitted
T oe III ihs try 10 make you interested in me
ih.t au was only because / thought that
pu' ,bot im way I might help my husband
IT. u an now that | was fool---but j want
ls' rnow that / was thinking Of my
ios us,an1. and never of you. AS fol
rou, @ loathe you J"
''' nTbis. then, is your answcr?" he
demanded.
ia abruptly turned his back upon her
.nd she thought she saw tremor &c
through sb his body. :,
GOOD. night" she said briefly.
"Wait!' -,
.,artied Ar the swift change that had
s.t.n nlace in the man. The passion
~ronsbt figure had relaxed, and he was
smSiliing--almost laughing.
st "Rsther a good bit of acting, don't
can Think" he inquired.
''a aActing?" Jennie gasped.
"Op my part. Though / hope you'll
,,rgiye my familiarity in calling you
Jennie. Don't you think / did the he.
vsmpire pretty well for an amateur
Nj % %H,cb an inexperienced amateur, for
Nov St nsed to think me pretty good long
@ sso when / was in Harvard-and since
Tn so 10 the movies whenever / get 9
nance. of course ! know just exactly
how n bad rich man is supposed to be-
have"
ras planned-has been just actingT'
breathed Jennie.
,'Yes. And it has come out just the
rov expected it woodland hoped il
would. " -, -,
With sudden intensity. Il don believe
Il was acting"
"No?" he said pleasantly. Let's
consider Just one detail-that revolver
you are SO earnestly pointing at me.
nut Il on my desk this afternoon with
the belief that you would see it and
tbrpaten to shoot me with it. Naturally
didn't want to get killed. You can
tsst how dangerous it is by pulling the
trigger and seeing what happens to me.
NJ else YOU can break the revolver and
see what's insidc--if you know how to
work il"
Jennie stared at him for moment
then her eyes went waveringly down to
The pistol. She broke it. The chamber
was empty.
"But-but-I don't understand" she
said blankly. "This-this place aereT
81 know what you thought it was
Despite my secretaries, people won't lei
me have peace either at my office or my
home.
1--WE got to have quiet to think on
some things, so this den of vice is jus
study ! keep to slip away to an
hide myself in. No one knows of thi
place except Mrs. Ship;nan and my
SELF
Whether he was telling the trut
or not, Jennie could not resist belle
IN What he said. "But-but why di
you do this?'
"To make sure about you. l lik
young people. You attracted me tn
first time l saw you. You seemed un
usual And you attracted me eve
more by what you did the. night yo
saved Mrs. Shipmnn's affair. Also
was perfectly aware that you wer
making up to me. and | was yer
frankly curious. When Mrs. Shipma
told me of your request to use her in
fupnce to get your husband"
"She told you that, after all?" erie
Jennie.
Now, of course, ] have heard G
your husband" Mr.. Shipman contin
ued, "but | had never given him muc
thought until after ] met you, and
had never considered him in bushes
way at all until after Mrs. Shipma
made, known to me your desire. I the
thought of him. Just now all grea
banking concerns are looking for me
who are capable of filling or who ca
be developed to fill big positions.
was not certain about your husband
I've had varying reports. But it 20
were the right sort of wife, the SCUM
sort, ! knew there would be no doub
about his turning out to be what m
house needs. Mrs. Harrison, you ar
the sort of wife who makes man
big man. And chiefly because of yo
and my belief in you ! am going to as
your husband to call to talk over will
me the matter of coming into ou
firm"
Shadows From the Past
TWO days later Kenneth came hom
1 flushed with the great news. II
was poin1 into Nv Sb;pn,on,t, Erm