Yes--you do like him! I saw it when you met him. You're throwing
me down because you met him!"
"Dick!"
"But he shan't have you, I tell you--I'll show him I could lick a
thousand such sissies with one hand tied behind me."
The girl rose with dignity.
"Don't you dare to speak to me like that, sir--"
"You're going to see that fellow again--I'll bet you've got an
engagement with him now--to-night--to-day!"
The slender figure rose.
"I'll see him if I please--when I please and where I please and I'll not
consult you about it, Dick Welford--Good day!"
Trembling with anger the big, awkward boy turned and stumbled out of the
house.
CHAPTER VI
GOD'S WILL
Dick Welford had played directly into the hands of his enemy. When
Socola called at the Barton home to pay his respects to Miss Jennie and
wish them health and happiness and success in their new and dangerous
enterprise, he found the girl in a receptive mood. The accusation of
interest had stimulated her to her first effort to entertain the
self-poised and gentlemanly foreigner.
He turned to Jennie with a winning appeal in his modulated voice:
"Will you do me a very great favor, Miss Barton?"
"If I can--certainly," was the quick answer.
"I wish to meet your distinguished father.
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