The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-06
IKE GUIDE
MAcktE.

yfg OF q tall tree
y h1rd sent out his
- - down the path
= hesh young form
mite linen. She
can't and peered
1<nk pine trunks and
- - the canoe with
nS ~ patiently beside
80 - Dunston, was un-
1 6u11e who had served
$50 xngn lake. Young and
ulth brown hair. eyes
=, i G1pse-lipped mouth. he
III inEen for the typical
hat when his lips
;Ntn ~ his voice lacked the
Cd - o. the natives, and
Wrr0 eorefully chosen. The
a 49, friends acknowledged
81 unnnHon was quite superb
MA, - oon1lGn n life.
NV ~ admitted it, she gave no
= - ~ thoughts. Her atti-
.BT snS1 uunoton was as coolly i'm
III - n No. toward Trapper Joe
INA r. anything, it was a
~ NJ proocunced in hauteur, due.
MI q oo11+Febuke for a secret in
q N young man.
1 mogning. Miss Ortiz" Dun
ed His hat - he arose from the
oeach.
-rVSi morning. Dunston, returned
DO tell me what that bird is
Hnittle black mite, with touches
and the pearly breast-hear
-chee- che-e-e-e-e-e!
ON looked up into the thick
81 q tall elderberry bush.
e q redstart. CHEEKY little
=, aren't they!" he asked as he
. the canoe and arranged the
said Isabel. Are you ready
a.moment-there!" Presently,
- was leaning among crimson
So 3 whllo Dunston's strong arms
ending the paddle in flashing
Ma. in side to side. The water fell
's"s 3 bla0os IN silvery drops.
+, 1 watched the rhythmic move
, ( ~ paddles and frowned
- then me discovered that she
\ rotten tie beauty of the morn
cong Of birds, the ripple Of
., everything, in the fascina
as.k Watching Dunston's strong
b they rose and fell with eacf
Orathe paddle.
WV your head to the left-don'
mddenly-you will glimpse
III whispered Dunston.
l obeyed. For an instant sh'
nj i: . beautiful brown head will
here artled eyes fixed on the cano'
occupants. Then it vanished
ere wss . crashing Of under
We slone the shore.
o BIZ 4 laughed in sheer delight
I Il lovo1y?" she asked impuls
9fpitnn'n roply was amazing.
WV you are . real girl after all!
. 49, and Immediately bit hi
II onnaVnnce.
Ddlhl b16nA6d to her fair hair. 1
ton1rhrnont at the guides GU
d. ts&6 eSot their relative pos
. Go4e quite naturally.
. 3 4 an a real girl. Don
M one?" she question:
. 1xf pardon, Miss Ortiz" b
.s6fllt6nY. "but-somehow,
"a 6sthat you take your plea
n1fkG 6oriously for youn
q tXonky-four," admitted Isab'
-, 1 / an never so stiff an
~ l am when in 20,
Tz 0Gon!"
~ sealed a smile. Mil
u ~ demeanor masked
1 NJ aimplicity.
he said humbly. "Pe
change places wit
6ttrell has asked me
dN reak my contract wit
W Z Hank Is considered Il
we 1he Loon district, and
be glad to come bas
" Isabel sharply. "Yt
rNA hston; my father wou
IOl lou are bound to Or
ovember."
wed his head in
but his brown ey
sparks as If some fan
binary on pleasant day
Isabel to certain til
lake, where a hammo
- tree. At shutdown
a a tier her and their sile
MI Rrom the camp and t
growing significance
4 girls quite unnecessa
. y the mans cool indiff
The mere performance
d forgot that she "
daughter, and 10
pS. failed to remember Il
sated him to his place
presumed.
bumped against the mo
hat served as a landi
babel, disdaining ass
ashore and received
f0H lie lunch basket from