Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-02
4 DAUGHTER of TWO WORLDS
A sorv Of Nco
Bu LEROY SCOTT
Author No. washington Suadre" "xdry Reoer" eta

he kissed her, Jennie sensed that
his infatuation for her was Just as
high as when on that afternoon down
on the end OF the stone pier ut Silver
Blufs he had proposed to her.
Yes, this was reward for her patient.
surreptitious labor---this was triumph.
But. this was little, indeed. compared
to the triumphs that would result from
yet further plans which but recently
had been taking more definite shape.
Since her marriage, and more con =
cretely during the weeks since they had
actively entered the social life Of New
York. the alert brain Of Jennie, which
permitted no values to escape it and
not even slight differentiations of value,
had perceived that though the social
position Of the Harrisons was undeni
ably lofty--lofty even beyond her pos
sible attainment. it once had seemed t'
her--yet above the Herrisons there was
a stratum or two Of the especially elect.
Even the popular Kenneth, though when
did not really belong. And she had so
fur penetrated the exterior of smiling
nonchalance of her husband to know
that one Of his ambitions was to b. Il
recognized citizen Of this highest realm.
Well--somehow she was going to win
her way to a place among the loftiest Of
the elect. How she was going TO do 1t
she did not yet know but she was going
to do it--she was sure of that! And
the was going to do it quickly. And
IN going to the very top she was going
to carry Kenneth with her. This was
to be another thing she was going to
do for him. No--kenneth was never
going to have reason for once think
s,,. ~ pie ieI min N
brought him.
And at about this time her general
campaign developed yet another major
operation. Now that her relationship
with Kenneth was more intimate sht
began to detect in him signs of dissat
isfaction. They We're little things. what
she saw---but they might have d great
meaning.
And then this mystery was discovered
to her in its full and sharply defined
outlines after Belgian relief bnl IL.
this was the period when society had
Just begun its furry OF dancing pleas
antly for the benefit of foreign widows
and orphans. AT this ball Jennie had
danced twice with square .shouldered
square .chnnrd man whose name ssr
had merely caught as Shipman, and
whose chief impression on Jennie at the
time had been Of remarkable vigoi
for man of his obvious middle years.
On the homeward ride kenneth's mind
was turned inward and he hardly spoke,
but during the brief period in whicl
they usually relaxed in front of tht
open fire before going to bed he
emerged from his absorbed brooding ant
abruptly asked:
"What did Shipman say while you
,rnen Jonn;np Xvith hin, ~
Nothing that 1 remember" she an
swered carelessly.
''What did you say to him?'
"The usual dance talk--1 really don'i
remember
She covered little yawn.
The careless matter Of factness with
which she regarded his inquiries caused
him TO lean sharply forward and stare
''Do you mean to say that you didn't
know whom you were dancing with ~
"Only that he was Mr.. Shipman."
"Only Mr.. Shipman!' Kenneth ex.
claimed incredulously. well, your
only Mr.. Shipman' is Daniel Ship.
man. the real head Of Phillips, Eversor
& Co.--the biggest bankers in America
And Phillips, Everson & Co. are hand
| ling virtually all the loans the Allies
are trying to float in this country--and
they are the chief purchasing agents OF
the Allies in America. And DAME
Shipman is really the firm. He's only
just about verybody-that's all thai
Daniel Shipman is
why, Kenneth" she breathed, 81
had no idea he was such great man !!
He ignored her remark hi
did not really hear it. The flood Of
excited words about Shipman broke
down the invisible dam Of insouciant
reserve he had builded to hold back hi.
soul, and what he had been silently
brooding upon this last half hour rushed
past his lips.
why, If in some way / could gel
into Shipman's crowd especially IL
these times, there'd be nothing too big
for Inc to hope for !" -
It was Jennie's turn to stare. "Ken
neth--why--why---I thought you and
your father were doing wonderful bust
ness ~
"We are!" he exclaimed impatiently
He was not SO much speaking to her ne
giving freedom to his secret thoughts
but we're in the construction bust
ness. That's all right in its way. But
even If man works his head off, and
reaches the top. reaches the very limits
of the possibilities in the business, why
even then he's only big man in the
second or third rank Of business men
BY no chance can he become one OF
the big men of the first rank of big
men. The financial game is the only
game in which man has chance tt
do that. God If somehow / could only
get connected up with Shipman-ther
I'd show you all !"