Four o'clock
Logs from the woodpile were substituted for the rotting ones in the floor of the bridge . A great pile of brush , twigs , and trash were set afire and destroyed . So the day slipped away -- all too quickly . Four o'clock found a group of royal good fellows again on the trail -- that trail that was soon to become so dear to every one of them . Their muscles were tired with unselfish work , and their minds and hearts were full of the joy of living . There was already something of the great social bond that was later to tie their lives together for all time with a cord of pleasant memories . Ham had fastened his blanket to a nail away up in the topmost rafter of the cabin , and here he left it for another time .