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Show By CLAREMCE SYDNEY ; . I '"PED TURNED away from the massive beauty of the rnoun-i rnoun-i tains. He looked into the face of tho gir.. "What's the matter, Louise?" "Nothing, really. I was just thinking o! that poor man." "What poor man?" "Yes, what poor man?" another voice interrupted. "Hello, Dick," Ted said toneless-ly. toneless-ly. He and Dick had been competing com-peting for Louise since they first arrived at the country lodge. Louise smiled her greeting. "That man that was lost. Can you Imagine being lost in these mountains? moun-tains? The poor man's girl friend was sick. You should have seen her when they found him. She was so happy, that they decided to get married next week." Ted nodded. "But I Just can't figure how he could get lost around here. That mountain," he nodded toward the towering white crested peak across the valley, "is such a perfect landmark." Dick frowned. "It's easy. Even people who know their way around get lost sometimes." Ted still didn't think anyone could get lost, but Dick and Louise were positive that even guides could get lost. What got Ted mad was the way Dick had joined Louise. Just the other day he had said that a man can't get lost If he keeps his head. Ted resented the way Dick dominated dom-inated Louise's time. Right now, for instance, they had wandered off for tennis. Then Ted got to thinking. Maybe, If he got lost, Louise would worry about him. So, the next morning, Ted wandered wan-dered off into the valley. "Going fishing," he told Louise. Alone, Ted Immediately set out to get lost. He wandered about an hour, and just when he thought he was lost, the landmark the snow covered peak caught his eye. i He turned his back on the peak, j and plunged into the forests. An hour or so later, he was In completely com-pletely unfamiliar country. Gone from sight was the white topped landmark. 'Sit still when lc5 ' Ted remembered the words of the guides. He started to si itI then moved on down the sli e to a more comfortable s The hill sloped up above him about sixty or seventy feet. "Maybe "May-be I should climb up to the top," he said to himself. And then he de- j cided against it. ! The sun found an opening be-tween be-tween the trees, and struck his face. "Hey, that sun's coming from the wrong place." It was then that . the realization hit him that he real- , ly was lost. The sun was getting lower in the ' wrong sky when Ted first heard the sounds of steps. Someone was : t coming up the hill on the other side. . He turned and started up the hill, but stopped in surprise when he saw Louise. ', "Ted!" she said In surprise. "I ! was wondering where you were. I thought this was my own private : little place. Come on up." Puzzled, Ted climbed the hill, : and received a sudden shock. He ( was- less than a quarter of a mile ' from the lodge. Somehow, he had ; wandered In a circle. i i "I didn't know that you came i here to get away." Louise smiled. ! j "When you didn't come back at I noon, I started to worry. And Dick j j didn't come back, either. The ; i guides just brought him in." She i j laughed. "You'll never believe : what he tried to do. He tried to j ! make me worry by pretending to i get lost." "He did? That was silly, wasn't i i it?" : 1 "When you didn't show up, I ! thought maybe you might have : tried the same trick." Ted gulped. "Yes. This Is a nice : place. And I was thinking about . ) having to go back to the city next j week. And I was wondering If I could maybe call you up?" "Oh, yes." Then she turned to look at the mountains. "But that's a whole week, yet. And I'm not ' doing anything this evening." I |