"Well, she'll make him pay for all he gets, whoever he is!" retorted
Betty, vindictively.

"You don't like her?" inquired Montague; and Betty replied promptly,
"I do not!"

"Her daddy and Betty's granddaddy are always at swords' points," put
in Major Venable.

"I have nothing to do with my granddaddy's quarrels," said the young
lady. "I have troubles enough of my own."

"What is the matter with Miss Hegan?" asked Montague, laughing.

"She's an idea she's too good for the world she lives in," said
Betty. "When you're with her, you feel as you will before the
judgment throne."

"Undoubtedly a disturbing feeling," put in the Major.

"She never hands you anything but you find a pin hidden in it," went
on the girl. "All her remarks are meant to be read backward, and my
life is too short to straighten out their kinks. I like a person to
say what they mean in plain English, and then I can either like them
or not."

"Mostly not," said the Major, grimly; and added, "Anyway, she's
beautiful."