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Show f ' t'k4c-k s-Cv i4k ' RonaWc Hev 0 Acsmaintajice ot' v :: or .; t ) X By REED MOHTON Ty OXALD YOUNG was bored. He ' bad been at the Lakelands sum- . ncr hotel for three days, and had cx ; haiistcI tlie mucij-advertisrd pleasures I 1 ot that resort on the evening of tlie ; second Iwenty-four hours. JTence tlie cnuul of Jlonnld Young. J ile fat In the lobby, which was main- -ly peopled by elderly women nnd fret- iv children, and wished that be had h never decided to come to Lakelands. As his pessimistic gsr.c roved over the locking cbnirs and potted green- cry of the lobby It w arrested by the kight of a fclrl a remajkably pret- . y lrl, who was wandrlng nbont ;wllh a peculiarly vacant look on her , face. i ltonald watched her with Interest. 3 , Evidently he had loet jjometblu ab I i ; b'h bad addressed him. j 'I Utg your pardon, bat have yon noticed a hsndbag a lady'e Iiand5ag, 4 . around the lobby. anywhere? J lost It ; yesterday, nnd I can't find It or My j I hody who has wen It." ; Konald lonng hcRitated for Jtwt the .fraction of a Mcond, then be replied: ! "Ko, I haven't een it. Bnt you must j let me help yon hnnt for It. Har you : uotlfkd "the hotel officials ?" ' ' W1'C, hot they can't find It. 1 I must have It hack." "?ow you go to your room nnd Til find that b2 if it's to he found any where within two miles of here," he i told. "Don't worry about it leave it all to me." " "Tliank you so much !" she breathed. "I'm tired I've been looking all over i Hie hotel for that bag, and I'm afraid j It's gone. People haven't helped mc a bit that Is, until you came along. But' I'm afraid it's an awful trouble ' for yoti." ",ct in. the leasi," declared Ronald, wondering why ihe entire force of the hotel ns well as nil the guests hadn't sprung to alleviate the distress of this charming person. ' "My name's Marjorie Warren," said his hcav ncquaiutanco. "I'm with my mother In room 41o." ; Left alone in the lobby Ponald Yi)ung did not Immediately J;ct ab(nt indulging In any violent exertions in J r-caich of the missing handbag. la- stead of leaping up and running v!o- , Icntly about, overturning chairs anc spilling indignant oM ladlos on the o Iluor, whicli is what one might be ex- peeled to do when sent on a quest 'of that sort, Bouald indulged in myil unusual tactics. j He pat quiet for a time; lit a eiga- rotte, r.nd took two or three quiet puffs; then he threw the cigarette r.c- iCiirntely Into the pot which supported j one of the palms. Then be rose and ! Oil a couple, of fancy clog steps, to the 1,'yj.l admiration of the surrounding surround-ing ch.."..'-."n. t He betoo'.: himself to the bosky dells that were to found near the hotel, and abode there imtil nearly dinnertime, dinner-time, smoking cigarettes avd apparently appar-ently ndmlriug the hcaulle of nature. That evening he went to the piazza in search of Marjorie. lie found her a disconsolate little figure seated in a deep wicker chair. Her mother was uowhvre to be seen. llouald approached. I've found the br.g," he stated without preliminary si JmsLsblng. The jrirl gave a gasp. She reached i-nt and almost snatched the bag from j ills Lands, and her voice was quiver- j in;; as fho said, "Oh, how can I ever ihr.nk you? I jiu-t couldn't b:;ve ( ftajed hero anothor day without tliis vz. Vv'bero dil you find itV 'Ojj the (!uor in tho lobby, uihUt :i i chnir." ) "I. n't th:it slran;:o? I know I looked there- my:-t'f in.d::r every siJ'sg'o cliair ::r.d fou'.d.rt l".i:d it." K; raid hiitr.tod, liicn nrrvrd bin:- j r- 'f and mad'.! 1 1:-3 . following s'.i:ia::i:i-; j ; Stolen): at : "Yoti co;;ldi.'t i'.nd it b '- j c;'.u:e it wasn't tljro when ynu Io !: .1. Yoa dropped it 1::::. n:ght r.nd I p'jekr.l j 1 it up pficr you lud left the ivom. 1 1 j r.idn't have any idea wl;w! b:;.'; it j j and v;s :oi;;; to turn it in at l'i2 der-k but" "But what?" I "We!!, I thmjrrht mnyhe maybe I'd ' ! like to meet whoever owned it. And J wh.'-n you came around this morning, I well, I wanted to talk to you, and ; T was afraid (hat Jf I gave you tho b.g right away you'd run away some- j where and 1 wouldn't see you again, j So I raid I'd look for' it. And after all, I did find It and you aren't very angry, are you?'' "Do you mean to say that you knew where it was all the time I was worrying wor-rying myself to death? Do you know that yon are a very wicked young man?" Konnld saw that her eye were laughing, and this statement of the depravity of his soul caused him to burst Into a Jojous chuckle. "I always believed in the principle of 'finders, kecpors,' " he announced, "and I was never so glad In my life that T acted on it. How long are you going to stuy here?" "But you kept It a whole day, nnd made poor mother almost sick because It was missing. It had nil our travelers' travel-ers' checks In It- What would we h!ic done without it?" "How long are you going to stay?" be repeated, Ignoring her other question. ques-tion. Marjorie hesitated and dropped her eyes. "I I think we'll stay all summer,' she admitted finally. Uonald Young forgot his boredom. "I'm going to stay all summer, too,' ho announced .with emphasis. "Isn't that lncky?" And Marjorie ajpreej, that. It jr&t, |