decided that the same Billy had 

 made it, and a big fellow he must 

 be. We worked on that trail for 

 hours until it got too dark and I 

 could not have gone another step 

 anyway. To get back to camp was 

 beyond me. There was not a sin- 

 gle foot of level ground, to say 

 nothing about a place big enough 

 for a bed. It was very chilly way 

 up there; we had only a blanket 

 apiece. There seemed small pros- 

 pects of fire and less of getting 

 water, we were practically beyond 

 timber line and streamland. I con- 

 fess little Bobbie dropped in a heap 

 too miserable to care, but one can't 

 slump altogether, so in a few minutes 

 opening my eyes I saw that Lusk had 

 disappeared. Also in the dark I 

 could make out the scraggly outlines 

 of a scrub oak. Hobbling over to it 

 I managed to break off some dead 

 branches and started a tiny fire. 

 How that living thing puts heart into 

 one! Warmth, food and water, are all 

 one really needs in this world for 

 happiness at times." Bobbie cor- 

 rected himself hastily. 



"I made sure that the tree was 



