Show TRAMP feddy reddy disconsolately munched a eoda soda cracker wondering the while bow how she he had ever come tn t insist that a camp stove wae was a useless luxury it wa va t first season in camp and her brothers had bad readily enough given in I 1 to her demand foi an all absolutely cor rel ret armr v they had bad camped in t anta ants on the little lake instead of in C the comfortable wooden shack on lower lake and they had cooked I 1 in fashion over an open fire the boya boys had done the cooking bince they had gone into camp three weeks before but it had all seemed so easy that when they wanted to go down the lake to the village she had insisted that it would be no trouble at all to get her meals they had paddled away juat just aa as the bun sun began to tinge the clouda in the cast east and would not be back before night twice teddy had spilled the bacon into the fire and as a crowning hotl accident ehe she had set met the coffee pot wrong aid that too was sliding eliding int the flames putting out what little tire there was left 6 A crashing in the underbrush roused her and ehe she sprang to her feet bously handling the revolver the boe bos had left with her for protection she fhe raised the e weapon aa as a roan man burst through the tangle of brueh brush and with a voice 0 t he she tried to make stern commanded him birn to bold up hia his hands bands they went above his bis bead tn in an instant and stayed there while be he par eyed teddy knew that the ney thing was to bind her bar victim but how bow to do that and retain the re revolver olver was something that was not told in books he lie smiled at her look of helpless help leee ness and came a few step steps forward 1 I am not a tramp or a robber he be said with a flash of white teeth beneath hia ills mustache 1 I saw a fire a while back and thought that perhaps I 1 might beg some breakfast I 1 wan van dered further from our camp than I 1 intended I 1 am on the other bide side of the ridge en on blue lake there any breakfast she bald said forlornly I 1 spilled the bacon into ato the fire and then the coffee pot fell in I 1 waa was eating these she rayed her revolver board the box of cr cracker ackert and the tramp smiled if you will take my paole pa ole he suggested I 1 II 11 earn my breakfast I 1 believe that Is the proper thing for a tramp to do lowered her gun lie ile probably was a trap but he tad had nice eyes and a pleasant smile and ane she felt that she could trust him if it you will get set the table he called ill III have things ready in a jiffy for a moment teddy paused she did not quite III a e the idea of eating at the same table with a tramp and she felt that he must be a tamp t amp none of the campers ehe she knew wore such outrageous garments the smell aniell of coffee and the frying sall decided her so she net set two plate skillfully fully he dished up the fesh and took the coffee from the fire he lie was even more expert than the a boys probably that as beca because uffe he had bad to camp out the year around the breakfast put her in an elc excel e I 1 lent humor and when hen tb th tramp t BUR g rested that if ahe she would lend him a gun he would try and get eom ethiL j or dinner the she loaned mm him a shotgun without a thought until he had left the camp then the re of what bob would say shoals he come home and find the rifle gone gon led her to follow the trail the tramp had bad taken she oon soon him and he looked up with it 11 at her approach I 1 come to share the fun he asked pleasantly her ifer blush told toa ita its own story and he throw hie his head bead back and laughed 1 I wa was going to bring the gun back he declare decla do you really think I 1 at an i a tramp no her bar la bcd conviction nut you aee you jou are not like the boys possibly they would be like me he be suggested if they were in camp without I 1 lei e khaki and leggings are all very pretty but there 13 1 more comfort in to an old suit that won van t be hurt it you do take a notion to wade a trout stream before breakfast this was plausible enough but teddy reflected that y was the stock la in trade of tramps and she was not convinced after dinner he be entertained her with i stories of the woods mid and neither real ined how late it had grown until a boat shot around the poin and the boys waved a welcome they swarmed up the beach a few moments later and teddy stared as they warmly greeted the tramp 1 I didn dian t know that you knew know air charteris Chafter ls aid said bob in surprise he came tor for breakfast explained teddy I 1 and having bad the breakfast i stayed to get the dinner Cb charteris arteris added with a laugh you see I 1 was out early thia this morning matting and got 00 oo oa far away from camp to make it for breakfast then I 1 law saw this fire and came oer hope llope coall you 11 come over often gal sald d i dob bob heartily lie liked the youn young 9 railroad mair magnate nate I 1 thank you said charteris Charter ls seeing ot second invitation in brown eyes 1 I 1 think I 1 shall to e over very often oft enIt if misa bretor does not mind uch such fellows hanging banging about the camp 1 I rather like tramps calil teddy demurely es pally before break 1 tast 1 so charteris came again |