Doris stamped her foot.
“You will leave us this minute!” she cried. “You pretend to be a gentleman. If you are you will not force yourself on us any more!”
“Oh, very well,” smiled Chester. “Sometime you won’t feel this way toward me. Good day!”
He lingered on the bridge and watched the girls as they climbed the path and disappeared into the budding woods. Zona turned to look back and waved her hand at him, to which he replied in like manner. When they had vanished, he muttered:
“The seed is planted; we will see what it grows into. I will win by fair means or foul!”
CHAPTER V.
A TROUBLED HEART.
“What is the matter, Doris?” asked Zona, as the path at length brought them through the woods and in sight of Lakeside Academy.
Doris shook her head and swallowed down a choking lump in her throat.
“Nothing,” she answered.
In a moment Zona’s arm was about her.