Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-12

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,.,nuRsTAND all thai, she said
~ ..lmlv, "But that concerns the past
cal%S orc interested In the present.
Im nso oV am /. But | had TO tel .ne pas. pas.
~ Jor 10 explain, give q reasonaDie
IN oraof the present. It's like this MY
basis .oi taking in lot at the box, but
show awfully expensive production,
its ~, ~ really losing money every week.
and ! a,s u I've had to keep Doris Dor.
You hnU" as my dancing partner; and
ralne pn ~ same ms when | saw you last
she 5 sre not up to the level. Besides,
SUMMIT, ea,,scd wrong on some stocks. l IN
I've sui;nst II. Jennie: ] need loan.
gp asuk Awake myself clearY
Do ! manIl santly clear" she said with un-
"Perieco,y oEos ,''" "This seems to be a
tinenlus naso of blackmail. | wonder how
little caeo omcn you've held up, and in
pauy ,snv different ways? It's grand
ns,Io noT I ITamc-blackmail! !!
ll'nSo 'noI5 friends shouldn't use such an
.,.nsont word" he replied, his ami
sup'VaSa ~, tonc unchanged by her sharp. di-
rcctness. oon,t c;ve Won any
ronsy-what then?
nqpss mssr cazcd at each other steadily and
J.. silence for long moment. lheh
ILL.,, u remarked gravely: :.
'"SI Ut would be too bad, wouldh ! IT,
:, - bocame known that. Mrs. Ken
LIN Harrison. the great social iavorite
NV" sJ nrotegce of Mrs. Shipman, was in
anJ iui;tr r. the daughter of Black Jerry Ma
ram and was the Jennie Malone who
was Was wanted by the police as a
io'ss,' e. II is sure enough blackmail, y
t. hroothcd-'b backed up with a threat
Of exposure :.
mct's not talk that way. Jennie, "
!, nrotested in his pleasant, velvety
;,p w "You know | don't want to
,V. oso vou: I'd lot rather have you
@po'y ,lr nm where you are. just need
s%. ,o monev-that's all there is to it. -
'' She recognized her hclplessness and
,bs futility Of argument. 'How
much?' - =,
cash. Of course.
'aS"i 81 couldnt ask Kenneth for any
.rcb sum as that - she exclaimed.
There's nothing plausible l could ask
" "All All right. well pass up Kenneth.
prt Won can easily get the money i'll
.notber quarter. Handle him right, and
Mr. Mr. Shipman will pass it right over to
you.
She coorcd. "Mr. Shipman What
do Won mean. Slim Jackson! she de-
nandcd.
ITc shrugged his shoulders. "When
, man like Mr.. Shipman, and with a
rpntatou such as his, confers such a
great advantage upon the husband of
4 nretty young woman, the said man
has usually made a pleasant little ar
rspyement with the said pretty, young
vife-but why say more, JennieT'
'You--you believe that?" she gasped.
at happens that | can't believe any
thing else. Jennie. And If he's done
that much for you, he'll certainly do a
lot more.
cts lie :" she famed at him. "And
you cut ont that kind of talk. Slim
Jackson. That's not my kind of busi-
ness
"All right--all right-it was only a
suggestion" His manner and voice
were unpcrturbed. There are still
other ways you may prefer. That
phopy letter of Gloria Raymond's you
put across--rcmcmber, that night out
at Silver BIuifs-that showed you are
IT'LL as clever with the pen as ever.
You always were natural born won e
der you know. You can easily fix up
check, aud take it out of some party
that'll never miss the dough.
"I'm not going to do that either y
she replied sharply.
"All right. These arc only sug'
gpstons to you, YOU know. Wen pass
90, Now, there's Black Jerry. He's
spent a lot of coin, and worked hard,
10 get you up here. Rather than have
everything go TO smash, | think Jerry
would rustic around and dig up the
necessary coin.
She blazcd at him. After all dad
has done for me, do you think I'd ask
him TO stand for hold up like this?'
"AlI right-all right--iust another
sUggestion--let's forget it" he con :
tOucd blaudly lie rcrrossed his legs.
But, Jennie, can't help you out
with amy moro ideas; that's all I'D
thought Of. It's NJ TO YOU now 20 think
way, How You do il is all the same
to mo. My only concern is, I've simply
got to have tho money.
For all his pleasant manner she real
ned that he intended having it. So she
iell to bargaining over the amount; and
finally she got him down to where he
admitted that $4,000 might pull him
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