The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-11-10

You ARE THE FOURTH, HE ANNOUNCED.
face the picture of annoyance, expert.
enced sharp shock at her own heat.
Since she had refused him twice and
had every intention Of doing so again,
even she realized the inconsistency of
her quick resentment She did not love
him, Of course not, and yet-well, one
doesn't like to think of a rejected suit
or as having offered himself to other
girls.
Might l ask just where I occur in
the series?" she inquired at last in
tone whose exaggerated Indifference
was as soothing to Jerrold as the heat
OF a moment before had been.
He settled himself more comfortably
in his chair, wheeled it about so that
it commanded that view of her profile
that he had come to regard as one Of
the solid joys Of a feeting existence
and answered her with cheerful readi-
ness.
"You are the fourth" he announced
shamelessly, and at the words her
eyes blazed into his again involuntari-
~, and he became lost in great con-
tentment. Usually she refused him so
differently. 1t was: "You see, I don't
love you in that way, though I want
you for friend Somewhere there is
a nice girl waiting for you, and well
find her together" Jerrold gloated in
Wardly at the way In which the ia
bles had turned and marveled at his
own stupidity.
He felt a lively sense Of fellowship
with the worm that turned glowing
In his veins. After months of abiect-
ness he tingled with the consciousness
that Richard was himself again and
no longer man made weakly induI-
gent by his love. In the fiuttering Of
her nOstrils he could read the anger
and resentment that were surglng
through her, and he found the sight ex-
hilarating. She was In sad need of
subjugating, this Katherine Of his, and
he applied himself to the task with
keener zest than he had ever before
experienced. There was just hint Of
mockery in his tone when next he adj
dressed her
"Of course" he continued, as if the
ten minutes of tense silence that had
elapsed since his last remark was the
most natural thing in the world, ut
rests entirely with you whether to be
continued or concluded shall be writ
ten after this the fourth chapter"
The elaboration of his speech was
marked, and the darkentng landscape
suddenly ceased to absorb all Of Miss
PtXley's attention. She turned toward
him like a cornered creature, prepared
to conceal her chagrin to the uttermost.
But at the expression of his face cold
fear touched her heart Beneath his
nOnchalance she had expected to discov-
er some sign of feeling some indica-
ton Of the eagerness and pleading that
had looked so plainly from his eyes on
other occasions when he had spoken of
his love.
What she saw was the face Of a SUI
perior who looks with certain amount
of interest and indulgence upon the
pranks4of willful child.
She instantly felt as II she were a
small, shivering thing in the midst Of
a big, cold world, though she clutched
frantically at her oozing dignity.
II don't see how you dare talk to
me in such manner" she began, with
a look that was meant to crush him.
But the rest Of the sentence was lost,
for, instead Of returning to the worm
state again-as by every token he
should have done-le simply burst into
an amused laugh.
II didn't know that it was bad form
to keep from trying," he explained,