Books: G. B. S. & E. T.

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Lillian came from the wrong side of the tracks in a small Ohio town. She was pretty, she was scheming, her ambition was inordinate. Though she liked a good time she was careful about it. When she got the job of stenographer to the town's most eligible young man she felt her foot was on the ladder. It was. Before Bill knew what was happening to him Lillian had him in a shrewdly compromising mess, his adored young wife had divorced him, and in a daze he had married Lillian. In the uneven battle that followed between Lillian and local society both sides scored some notable victories; at times, in spite of everything, your sympathies are with the outrageous redhead. When Lillian saw she was making no headway, like a good general she changed her tactics, wheedled her way to Manhattan and went after a real millionaire. She got him. By the time you take leave of her you have the feeling there will be others later but that, like the Northwest Mounted Police, she will always get her man.