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jilt you, that she has again decided not to go to Spain She is afraid

of -pullers you are!" chuckled Tony, assu was a jest "Half the men one meets are in love with Myra, but I

refuse to believe she is afraid of any of them"

"Ah, but she is afraid of me, erous rival," Don Carlos said gravely, and again

Tony chuckled amusedly "Perhaps it is not only of me but of herself,

and for herself, that Myra is afraid," Carlos continued, with a

challenging glance at Myra, who felt she would like to box his ears and

also to shake Tony for being so dense "The lovely señorita is also

afraid of being captured by El Diablo Cojuelo, ould make her an

ideal husband"

"I say, that's hardly complimentary, old fellow!" Tony coand would be a

better husband for Myra than yours truly, and that Myra is a suitable

wife for a brigand?"