About ten o'clock
Jennie suggested that she and Helen accompany Ruth and watch the taking of the picture from that vantage point , a proposal to which Helen readily agreed . But Ruth evaded this suggestion of her two friends , for she wanted to keep her whole mind on her work , and when Helen and Jennie were with her she found it impossible to keep from listening to their merry chatter , nor could she keep herself from being drawn into it . The upshot was that , after some discussion by the three girls , Ruth set off alone for her station under the brow of the steep river bank . About ten o'clock , in mid-forenoon , Hooley was satisfied that everything was ready to shoot the picture . One of the foremen of Benbow Camp -- the best ax wielder of the crew -- ran out on the boom to a point near the middle of the frothing stream and began cutting the key-log . It was a ticklish piece of work ; but these timbermen were used to such jobs . The gash in the log showed wider and wider .