FOREWORD 



of the Washington Office; Mr. Arthur C. Ringlandj 

 District Forester of the Southwest; and Mr. Don 

 P. Johnson, Supervisor of the Gila National Forest, 

 for their careful examination of the manuscript and 

 for their many suggestions to which in no small 

 measure whatever of merit the story possesses must 

 be attributed. 



Eeaders of the manuscript have suggested that 

 a number of terms used, while common enough 

 in the locality where the story is set or in Forest 

 Service circles, may not be familiar to the general 

 reader. To obviate this difficulty without stopping 

 in every case during the action of the log to explain 

 such expressions a brief glossary is appended which 

 defines those words and phrases that seem most 

 to want defining. I think that's all except the 

 story. 



W. P. L. 



New York City, 

 1914. 



