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`` But some day the lumbermen will get in here , and then you 'll see this forest melt like magic . '' `` Yes , and half the charm will be gone , '' added Jed Sanborn . `` Not much left after a saw mill gets started in a place like this . '' Noon came and found them well up on the mountain . So far they had seen no game but the turkeys , nor had they seen a further trace of the wildcats . They sat down in an open spot for lunch , and rested for half an hour afterward . When the hunt was resumed Jed Sanborn turned along the mountainside , where there were a series of shelving rocks .