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or her half-witted brother, or her aged parent, fro ood enough to say that it was 'demmed

sporty of est to hi to reatest pride and treasure--you?"

"Your audacity is only equalled by your conceit," Myra commented "Let

o to any lengths to win

you," interrupted Don Carlos with sudden passion "Thisto prove to you I am in earnest Dios! why do

you torture me so? At times youto his feet, picked up the cushion on which he had been

reclining and hurled it overboard, then strode aithout another

word, leaving Myra thrilled and more than a little scared

"It rather looks as if I shall have to take him seriously after all!"

she soliloquised "I wonder what I should do?"

She was left wondering and sorely perplexed, for within an hour she

found Don Carlos obviously carrying on a violent flirtation with

another girl, and at dinner, at which Tony Standish appeared looking

little the worse for his adventure, he was the life and soul of the

party