ewell to the purple canyons and shaggy
slopes of Buckskin Mountain.

At five o'clock next morning we were all stirring. Jones yelled at the
hounds and untangled Kitty's chain. Jim was already busy with the
biscuit dough. Frank shook the frost off the saddles. Wallace was
packing. The merry jangle of bells came from the forest, and presently
Lawson appeared driving in the horses. I caught my black and saddled
him, then realizing we were soon to part I could not resist giving him
a hug.

An hour later we all stood at the head of the trail leading down into
the chasm. The east gleamed rosy red. Powell's Plateau loomed up in the
distance, and under it showed the dark-fringed dip in the rim called
the Saddle. Blue mist floated round the mesas and domes.

Lawson led the way down the trail. Frank started Old Baldy with the
pack.

"Come," he called, "be oozin' along."

I spoke the last good-by and turned Satan into the narrow trail. When I
looked back Jones stood on the rim with the fresh glow of dawn shining
on his face. The trail was steep, and claimed my attention and care,
but time and time again I gazed back. Jones waved his hand till a huge
jutting cliff walled him from view. Then I cast my eyes on the rough
descent and the wonderful void beneath me. In my mind lingered a
pleasing consciousness of my last sight of the old plainsman. He fitted
the scene; he belonged there among the silent pines and the yellow
crags.

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