Produced by Bruce Albrecht, Louise Pryor and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net Jerry Junior [Illustration: "Constance studied the mountains a moment"] Jerry Junior By Jean Webster Author of "When Patty Went to College," etc. With Illustrations by Orson Lowell New York The Century Co. 1907 Copyright, 1907, by THE CENTURY CO. * * * * * Copyright, 1906, 1907, by THE CROWELL PUBLISHING COMPANY * * * * * _Published April_, 1907 THE DE VINNE PRESS List of Illustrations FACING PAGE "Constance studied the mountains a moment" _Frontispiece_ "'Hello, Gustavo! Is that for me?'" 5 "The fourth girl, with gray eyes and yellow-brown hair, was sitting at ease on the balustrade" 23 "Giuseppe still made a feint of preoccupation" 29 "He had also shifted his position so that he might command the profile of the girl" 45 Beppo and the donkeys 67 "Constance clasped her hands in an ecstasy of admiration" 71 "Constance ahead on Fidilini, an officer marching at each side of her saddle" 85 "She seated herself in the deep embrasure of a window close beside Tony's parapet" 95 "The man bowed with a gesture which made her free of the book" 119 "She turned the pages and paused at the week's entries" 133 "Constance ripped the letter open and read it aloud" 149 "Nannie caught sight of the visitors first, and came running forward to meet them" 199 "The two mounted the steps of the jail and jerked the bell" 253 "Never before had he had such overwhelming reason to doubt his senses" 273 Jerry Junior CHAPTER I