CHAPTER XXV.
YOUNG MATT REMEMBERS.
After parting with his friend, Young Matt continued on his way until he reached the open ground below the point where the path from the ranch joins the Old Trail.

Then he stopped and looked around.
Before him was the belt of timber, and beyond, the dark mass of the mountain ridge with the low gap where his home nestled among the trees.

He could see the light from the cabin window shining like a star.

Behind him lay the darker forest of the Hollow, and beyond, like a great sentinel, was the round, treeless form of Dewey Bald.

From where he stood, he could even see clearly against the sky the profile of the mountain's shoulder, and the ledge at Sammy's Lookout.