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couples. He, the son of wealthy parents, had 

 been sent West to mend his health and man- 

 ners; he met a young school-ma'am who re- 

 formed him. They attended the same college 

 and became professors in a State school. They 

 were to be married at the end of this outing; 

 but on this climb they quarreled. Each married 

 another! Sweethearts for years was the story 

 of the second couple. They, too, quarreled on 

 the trail, but made up again. The story of the 

 third couple is interestingly complicated. He 

 was rich, young, and impetuous; she, hand- 

 some and musical. For years she had received 

 his ardent attentions indifferently. As we ap- 

 proached the top of the peak, he became ex- 

 tremely impatient with her. As though to make 

 confusion worse confounded, after years of in- 

 difference the young lady became infatuated 

 with her escort. He tried to avoid her, but she 

 feigned a sprained ankle to insure his comfort- 

 ing closeness. They are both single to this day. 

 Meantime the six had a general row among 

 themselves, and at the close of it united to 

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