“Do you live around here?” asked the woman.
“I don’t remember you,” said the man.
“I’m over at Mount Major. My father has charge of the store at the sawmill,” explained Ted.
“Oh, Tod Everett’s outfit!” exclaimed the man.
“Yes, he’s the foreman,” went on Ted. “I’m lost.”
“Lost!” cried the other boy.
“Yes. I started out this afternoon to bring back two of the men who were building a lumber chute. There was an accident at the mill and Mr. Everett needed all the hands to fix it. But I couldn’t find Jake and Sam and I got lost, and a bobcat chased me, but I hit him on the nose with a club and——”
“You don’t mean to say you hit a bobcat with a club!” exclaimed the woman.
“Well, I did. But I guess it was sort of an accident,” admitted Ted.
“And you’ve been lost since early afternoon!” cried the boy. “You must be terribly hungry!”