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"The chocolate is ready!" called Grace, a little later. "Won't you have some, Mr. Blackford?" "Thank you, I will. Say, but you young ladies are all right. Do you do this sort of thing often?" "Well, we like to be outdoors," explained Betty, as she handed him a cup of the hot beverage. THE CHOCOLATE IS READY CALLED GRACE A LITTLE LATER WON'T YOU HAVE SOME MISTER BLACKFORD THANK YOU I WILL SAY BUT YOU YOUNG LADIES ARE ALL RIGHT DO YOU DO THIS SORT OF THING OFTEN WELL WE LIKE TO BE OUTDOORS EXPLAINED BETTY AS SHE HANDED HIM A CUP OF THE HOT BEVERAGE
 do? And you never saw me before?" "You forget that your name was signed to the notice in the post-office--Mr. Blackford," and Betty blushed. "That's so. But I don't know your names, and, if it's not too impertinent, after the service you have rendered me--" "We'll tell you--certainly," interrupted Betty, and she introduced herself and her chums. "I suppose you will wonder how I played the part of a tramp," said the young man. "I will tell you why. I was almost out of my mind, and I imagined that by going around looking ragged I might pick up some news of my lost money from the tramps along the railroad." Then he told of how he had started to write a letter, stating he could not buy the business he was after, and had then torn the letter up, because he still hoped to find the bill and get control of the business. "And we found part of that letter," cried Betty. "We tried to find you, too, but you had disappeared." "Indeed. I know how that happened--I took a short cut through the woods. F OH WE KNOW YOUR NAME EXCLAIMED BETTY YOU DO AND YOU NEVER SAW ME BEFORE YOU FORGET THAT YOUR NAME WAS SIGNED TO THE NOTICE IN THE POST OFFICE MISTER BLACKFORD AND BETTY BLUSHED THAT'S SO BUT I DON'T KNOW YOUR NAMES AND IF IT'S NOT TOO IMPERTINENT AFTER THE SERVICE YOU HAVE RENDERED ME WE'LL TELL YOU CERTAINLY INTERRUPTED BETTY AND SHE INTRODUCED HERSELF AND HER CHUMS I SUPPOSE YOU WILL WONDER HOW I PLAYED THE PART OF A TRAMP SAID THE YOUNG MAN I WILL TELL YOU WHY I WAS ALMOST OUT OF MY MIND AND I IMAGINED THAT BY GOING AROUND LOOKING RAGGED I MIGHT PICK UP SOME NEWS OF MY LOST MONEY FROM THE TRAMPS ALONG THE RAILROAD THEN HE TOLD OF HOW HE HAD STARTED TO WRITE A LETTER STATING HE COULD NOT BUY THE BUSINESS HE WAS AFTER AND HAD THEN TORN THE LETTER UP BECAUSE HE STILL HOPED TO FIND THE BILL AND GET CONTROL OF THE BUSINESS AND WE'VE FOUND PART OF THAT LETTER CRIED BETTY WE TRIED TO FIND YOU TOO BUT YOU HAD DISAPPEARED INDEED I KNOW HOW THAT HAPPENED I TOOK A SHORT CUT THROUGH THE WOODS
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