"He came here with his city ways and flattery, and made a fool of you."
"He is one rather to make a woman regard herself with more respect, rather than make a fool of her."
"It is just as I thought, he has turned your head, and you have no eyes for me now."
"I never loved you, believing you to be my brother, Herbert Bernard, as I could have wished to love a brother, and certainly now that I know you as you are, I cannot even respect you. Stand aside, please, for I desire to make my arrangements to at once leave your father's house, for I do not believe, even your mother will give me her aid now."
"I will stand aside, Jennie, but I vow to you, that unless you promise to be my wife you shall become the bride of Red Hatchet, the Sioux chief."
And with this fearful threat the inhuman lover turned on his heel and strode toward the house.
CHAPTER XXV.
Jennie waited in the arbor until she saw Herbert Bernard enter the house, and then she hastily made her way to her own room.