“But he adores me, and he is so bored.”
“Conceited jackanapes!” said Mrs. Bryce.
“He’d jump overboard if it wasn’t for me. I’m his only salvation from the wax doll.”
Wally laughed and the fight was lost. Mrs. Brendon ordered the captain to Palm Beach at once, all steam on. As soon as they landed Jerry prepared for flight. He produced a fictitious telegram calling him at once to New York.
“Jerry, how can you leave me, in the house of the enemy?” Isabelle demanded, when she got him alone.
“Hard lines, kid, but I’m off,” he laughed.
“If you loved me you’d take me too.”
“You’re crazy!”
“But you like me crazy, Jerry.”