Hazzard during their very brief acquaintance, and she was
not a shade more sincere than he as she answered coquettishly:
"Yes, that's what they all say! And then they--" She stopped.
"And then they--what?" breathed Carter, playing with the loose ribbons
of her feather boa.
"Then they fall in love with me!" pouted the girl, raising round eyes.
Carter was intoxicated at this confession, and laughed out loud.
"But you're too young to play at falling in love!" he warned her. "How
old are you--seventeen? And you haven't told me your name yet?"
"You know my name is Miss Page," smiled Julia.
"And do you think I'm going to call you that?" Carter reproached her.
"It might be Jane," she suggested.
"Yes, but it isn't, you little devil!" Suddenly the man caught both her
wrists, and Julia got on her feet, and instinctively flung back her
head. "You're going to kiss me for that!" he said, half laughing, half
vexed.
"Oh, no, I'm not!" A sudden twist of her body failed to free her, and
the plume on her hat brushed his cheek.
"Oh, yes, you are!" He caught both wrists in one of his strong hands,
and put his arm about her shoulders like a vise, turning her face toward
him at the same time.
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