"Mershone is a natural cad; he's been guilty of all sorts of dirty tricks, and is capable of many more.

If you'll watch out, Louise, you'll see that all the girls are shy of being found in his society, and all the chaperons cluck to their fledglings the moment the hawk appears.

You're a novice in society just yet, my dear, and it won't do you any good to encourage Charlie Mershone, whom everyone else avoids." "He's very nice," returned Louise, lightly.
"Yes; he must be nicer than I am," admitted the young man, glumly, and thereupon he became silent and morose and Louise found her evening spoiled.
The warning did not fall on barren ground, however.

In the seclusion of her own room the girl thought it all over and decided she had teased her true lover enough.

Arthur had not scolded or reproached her, despite his annoyance, and she had a feeling that his judgment of Charlie Mershone was quite right.