FESTING GETS TO WORK Mist rolled among the pines and it was raining hard when Festing led his team down the hill.

He wore big rubber boots and slickers, and a heavy log trailed behind the horses through the mud.

Some distance above the river the slope was gradual, and it was necessary to haul the logs to the skidway he had built.

They would then run down without help; indeed, the difficulty was to stop them when they reached the track.

Festing was wet and dirty, and the sweating horses were splashed.