The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1923-01-25
The Power of the
Purse
By ElORRIS SCHULTZ

Their back. In the animal world TWO
males engage with talon or horn, the
female standing or perching by, until
one lies vanquished in the dust, when
she goes calmly to the victor.
Harrison understood this law of ma
ture, which is the reason why he
looked toerantly or Mrs. Harrison's
.flirtations. He was banker, his
wealth was enormous, and his infiu-
ence greater still. He did not believe
| in love-his wife was romantic lie
had married her for her beauty, her
charm, her family. He had been
reasonably satisfied with the bargain.
Anna Harrison was not.
They lived impeccably in their great
mansion. surrounded by a retinue OF
servants, and there came Anna Har-
:rison's friends-eccentric painters, au-
thorS, SculptOrS. =. John Ryng
was the first, young man just rising
into fame. One day Harrison saw
him raise his wifeS hand to his lips.
A month later Ryng disappeared.
"John Ryng? Oh, he's gone West,
poor fellow" said Anna in response
to his inquiries. "His dealer Cancelled
that promise of an exhibition, and
then that picture he'd worked so hard
on and was to get $4,000 for-well,
Mr.. Sheehan just went back on his
agreement. I'm afraid we won't see
poor Mr.. Ryng again; he's gone to
California to raise grapefruit
Lionel Elders was the author of that
famous book '"Grapes of Harvest"
which they tried unsuccessfully to sup
press. He was a celebrity. He was
one of Anna Harrisons proteges. In
clined to be foolish, perhaps-it was
silly of him to imprint kiss on the,
back of his hostesss neck and espe-
cially to do so within view of Har-
rison himself.
A week later Elders new book,
'Marian's Folly" fell still-born from
the press. Nobody knew exactly why.
However, there was slight interest
manifested when it was prosecuted.
Elders got six months in the peniten-
tiary.
"Just bad luck, JIM" said Mrs. Har-
rison tearfully. There was not
thing the matter with it, except that
it was teeny bit frank. Those hor-
rid juries. :"
BY this time, however, it had be-
come a common saying that Mrs. Har-
rison was dangerous game. Her men
friends began to fight shy of her-till
Ton, Cbo1p1orc oomQ along
Tom was a fighting pirate in Wall
street. He had led several raids into
Harrisons territories, but none so dar-
ing as this one, when he set out to
capture Anna.
The news was soon public property.
Sensational fluctuations in the stock
market were the order of the day. And
then-all at once it was as if two
moose had interlocked horns, and the
war in Wall street was the news of
the hour
A score of ancient enemies whom
Harrison had half forgotten leaped at
his throat. Chalmers led the baying
pack. In night Great Southwest
ern preferred tumbled from 2S4 to
PIT. Harrison faced ruin.
He was not a man to squeal. He
was playing a game when he said to
his wife:
"We've been rather badly hit, Anna
We may have to sell this house and
move into an apartment for while"
Anna went white. do you mean
to tell me you've been specializing,
Jim?" she demanded.
Harrison smiled He had never done |
anything else. His smile Infatuated /
her.
"A man who can't provide for his
wife properly, but filings his money |
away in speculation doesn't deserve |
to have one. Jim, we can't go on this |
way. I've come to the end. We must |
part, that's ALL"
Harrison smiled again, and Anna |
left the room. There followed week
of strained relations. Anna was os-
preparing for a journey.
Meanwhile the Wall street war
went on. Harrison had called In his
securities. Harrison was borrowing
or IrYlnR W UOIIOW' 4HC pam hoN
tasted blood. The chase grew hotter.
And then-what happened?
Great Southwestern had rallied.
It was going up and up. 1t was re-
ported Harrison had been bearing his
own stock and selling selling. 1t
touched 400.
Suicide of Prominent Financier-
Thomas Chalmers Shoots Himself"
That was the heading in the morn
Ing newspapers. Anna Harrison read
It with trembling lips.
isn't it dreadful, JIM" she said.
who would have thought that the
poor man would be so foolish as to
speculate like thae"
Jim Harrison smiled. His wife
went out of the room, dabbing at her
eyes with her handkerchief, A little
later he followed her up the stairs.
Anna Harrison was unpacking.
Piano Four-Poster.
A Washington Cd. CO. woman who
10 .cnandjno the summer in Name took