248 Trails to Woods and Waters 



haven't been looking for you. I guess you 

 found yourself." 



" Well, how come you away off here when 

 I left you making camp, miles away from 

 here? " I asked. 



Ben very considerately stifled a laugh and 

 sneezed instead. Then motioned to me to 

 come to him. 



" What do you call that? " he asked, point- 

 ing to the tent which was already up, although 

 it had been screened from me by some trees. 



" That's the tent," I replied, feeling that 

 I was being made a fool of, " but you have 

 moved it. This isn't the place where we were 

 going to pitch it." 



" The very same," replied Ben. " You've 

 lost your compass, Harry. You have been 

 clear around camp and come out on the op- 

 posite side from which you left, so everything 

 looks different. 



" I heard you coming sounded like a 

 moose, and I was just going to halloo to you 

 when you let out that yell. Those lungs of 

 yours can't be beaten. 



