Their huge muscles flung the sharp axes into the timber and gnawed through it with the saw.

Many big trees fell before noon time when they stopped for luncheon.

While they were eating Abe said: "I reckon we better saw out a few boards this afternoon.

Need 'em for the doors.

We'll tote a couple of logs up on the side o' that knoll, put 'em on skids an' whip 'em up into boards with the saw." Samson took hold of the middle of one of the logs and raised it from the ground.
"I guess we can carry 'em," he said.
"Can ye shoulder it ?" Abe asked.
"Easy," said Samson as he raised an end of the log, stepped beneath it and, resting its weight on his back, soon got his shoulder near its center and swung it clear of the ground and walked with it to the knollside where he let it fall with a resounding thump that shook the ground.