CHAPTER VI.
JACK'S WATCH-FOB Elise spent Saturday and Sunday in Washington with the Claiborne family, and A.O.almost prayed that Jimmy would make his visit in her absence.
On her return she had so much to tell that she did not mention his name, and A.O.hoped that he was forgotten.

All Monday afternoon she went around in a flutter of nervousness, "feeling in her bones" that Jimmy would be there that night, and afraid that Elise would find some way in which to carry out her threat of seeing him at all hazards.

One of the ways she had suggested trying, was to sound a burglar or a fire alarm, so that every one would rush out into the hall.

But when the dreaded moment actually arrived and A.O.stood in the middle of the floor with his card in her hand, Elise merely looked up from her book with a provoking grin.
"Oh, haven't I had you going for the last week!" she exclaimed.

"Really made you believe that I wanted to see your dear Jimmy-boy! A.O., you are dead easy! I haven't had so much fun out of anything for ages." Almost giddy with the sense of relief, A.O.hurried away, leaving Elise poring over her French lesson.