Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-10
IDAUGHTER of TWO WORLDS
A story Of New York LUe
By LEROY SCOTT
l.hoy OF NO. IS Washington souore MARY Rcoar.


anu III very Responsible relationship.
1t was almost too good to be true. But
now that he was in, he'd show them!
And, Jennie" he cried, holding
tight her hands, "it's all because of
you Mr.. Shipman told me, and be
was plain about it. lie said he was
doing it chiefly because of his and Mrs.
Shipman's belief in you, and because
you had come right out and asked for
1t. He said that, of course, he wouldn' t
have done it If he did not believe I had
ability. But he was very plain about
having done it chiefly because of you
And he said straight out that | had
wife that could make anything out
OF me. Oh, Jennie, Jennie--what n
marvellous little manager you are.
Jennie very frankly acknowledged to
herself that luck had been with her in
her wonderful upward climb.
Golden days followed days that ap-
parently could give birth only to other
days of gold.
During this period of the freshness
OF her success, before the miracle of
her having won SO much could have
been diminished or made to seem some
what commonplace by this time, she
one afternoon had telephone message
from sim. She tried to put him off
BY telling him she had an engagement
was not to be denied.
She received him in the drawing
room. He was in as smart and correct
afternoon dress as could be seen in
New. York, and he advanced upon her
smiling his friendly smile and holding
out his hand She took the hand.
wen, what is it, Slim?" she de-
His eyes wandered about the large
room with its wide doorways, then
came back to her. Its bit personal,
something we'd both rather keep private
oh. nothing to be worried about.
| Couldn we talk 1t over where we
might not have an unexpected audi
ence?'
She led him into her sitting room.
and lie closed the door. "WellY' she
demanded when they were seated.
He regarded her with the frank, open
smile OF old friends. Then he nodded.
well, Jennie, you've certainly reached
the very top--are settled there soldly
Up where only the big people grow"
1T wasn't to tell me that that you
asked me to break an engagement she
returned. PLEASE begin with what
ever you're here about"
Its because / realized that you
were so solidly at the top that tho"oh
I'd better come He was still smiling
his friendly imperturbable smile at her
But if you want me to begin, per-
haps the way to begin is to 90 back
six or eight months. You remember e.
little chat we had late that night out
on the drive at Silver Bluifs--the nigh
you showed up Gloria Raymond. and
Gloria and l were ordered off the prem
ises?"
"Of course" She instantly sensed
that, pleasant though his manner was,
Slim was playing with her. Out will
it, Sim-what are you here for?'
And you will recall" he went on.
ignoring her imperative question. 9TH"
you asked why | helped you stage that
up in the last scene as the villain OF
the piece. You will recall that l sal
l did it to help you appear the heroine
and reap the heroinc's reward. AN
you will recall that | said ] also hn'
other reasons for doing it-big reasons
reasons pertaining to the genera
well being of Mr.. Slim Jackson-bu
that I couldn't tell you what they wert
until the time had come. The time has
come for me to tell you those otheel
reasons-or a part Of them. That:
why I'm here"
He still smiled: his voice was even
bland-confidentiall friendly. "Ont
Of the reasons was that l saw 4
wouldn't have been to my particu'a'
advantage for Gloria Raymond to have
married Kenneth. 1t wouldn't have
helped me at all, since l shouldn't have
figured in it in any way and nett
party would have been under any obi
cation to INC. l suppose that's cleai
enough, Jennie?'
eyes"
II had sized up the situation. arH
saw that with Gloria out of the game
youd be certain to land Kenneth.
"Since you wouldn t join up with me
the next best proposition for me was tc
help marry you to Kenneth. See how
hsnest I'm being with you, Jennie!
figured that if through my help you
married Kenneth. and made success
of it, why, you'd always feel under
some sort of obligation to me. And it's
all worked out exactly as tigured-,eX
cept that you've gone even higher thai
l counted"
Jennie recognized that what he spoke
was the truth, even though he was tell
ing her only part of the truth. She
was Kenneth's wife partly because Slim
had so willed it.