Smyrna times., 1920-01-07

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Uladys Dorman.. 81 have travelled over
,sHis very trail year after year. and I
. now am at a loss as to how 70 nro-
ceed from here"
'"cA Dorman and his daughter had
! Oeeh coming up to the mountains for
solle years now, and it was a trin that
they both looked forward to very much
Gladys was only twenty. but horn
"loultilh climber, golf and tennis plav-
er' healthy outdoor sports always an
peaieu 10 her, and to hike over the
>,louhtains was her chief hobby To
Gay she had insisted unon going o1oro
leIllhg her father that she wanted to
uo some exploring herself before the
SeaS'Nl was over, to which he consent
ed rather reluctantly.
After hiking for some hours q heavy
mountain fog set ill., and the entire
"'ouiIalhSlde was enveloped in a dark
ana threatening cloud. 1t was useless
'or one to proceed until it passed over
and as rule, it would last but a few
minutes But today it heightened into
an hour.
Sitting on a huge rock. Gladvs sot
mere looking at the heavy mist, won
uerlhg when the cloud would leave this
sue OF the mountain, when suddenly
"ul OF the mist a voice spoke.
Hello, what have here?" ex-
claimed the invisible one, which sound
Ell very much like a masculine voice to
GLADYS. "Well, declare-it is a bootp
ana hearty laugh could be heard near
gladys, but the fog was so dense she
could not see who it was. Then some
one gave Gladys boot vigorous pull.
ana 10r moment she thought she was
going to slide off the rock.
We'll, whoever you are-kindly stoD
pulling at my boot" cried GLADYS i'm
patiently. Now she wished with all
her heart she had let her father or one
OF the party at the hotel accompany
her.
Thunder and Mars I" exclaimed the
masculine voice again. ITS girls
boot l was pulling at" and again that
hearty laugh rang out, echofng down
The mountainside. At that moment the
cloud disappeared and the sun was
struggling to come out from behind
another cloud, and tineHy succeeded
Then Gladys looked down and almost
at her feet was Il young man looking
up at her in an amused sort of a way.
which at the time provoked her and
still he continued staring, a smile play
Ing around his lips but not a word
could he utter.
please don't stare at me in that
faShion-you look as though You were
a hungry bear and wanted to eat me-
and Gladys smiled in spite of herself
Ii was surely amusing. She
thought, ana at that moment She made
a m"veIrnt as though about to rise.
when the young man jumped up al
most instantly ana exclaimed: "Oh. ]
say. please don't gO,' i'm Il pleading
voice And I do want to apoloeize.''
and again he suile1 pleasantly hut II
questioning look WIS in his eyes. and
bis one thought was: "Would she
stal-if only for few minutes"
'Wen. Mr.. 1iau, seeing That you have
recovered your voice and that you are
not going to eat me mp after au..I1l
stay for q few minutes" Then. ri
though a second Thought presented it-
self: I'm almost starving for Stone
thing to eat-What say you?"
Say. I'm so hungry. little girl.
eould almost eat you right now" ne
cried eagerly.
VERY well then it's high time for
me to be going. when you want to eat
me up-but I simply have to eat and
that's all there is to it. so please don't |
eat me up yet" She smiled.
Gladys spread a hearty lunch on the /
rock, and while mmcl1ing away at the /
delicious sandwiches that she herself !
had prepared. they talked and laughed !
between mouthfuls. and soon she /
learned from him that ne. too. like
herself. visited the mountains every
year, and that he was Fred Anderson.
a former Well-knOwn coach at Mount
ford and a very good friend of her IA
ther's. It seemed strange to them both
that they had never met, but it was due
to the fact that they both were away
at school during the fall, and immedi-
ltely when vacation time set in they
both left the city. She also learned
that he had just been discharged from
The service.
When they arrived at the hotel, Mr..
eyes nearly stuck out Of his
mead with surprise. "Well, of all
hings, Ted; when did you get bacll?"
Got discharged about two months
ago, and then beat it for the noun
aims and at the same time they both
shook hands heartily.
Ted was stopping at n mountain hut,
iOme distance away, but he decided
hat 1t was very necessary that he
hould stay at the same hotel as the
)ormans, and needless to say that |
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