CHAPTER XIII
Up the Huntington Head Wall
Luncheon over, the two men packed their
knapsacks again, while Art put some dehydrated
spinach in a pot to soak for supper. He
covered the pot carefully, and stood it in the ashes
of the fire, where it would get the heat from the
rock, even though the fire was put out. Then falling
into line behind the two men, the boys and Mr.
Rogers started off, apparently going backward away
from the mountain down the path toward Crystal
Cascades and the Glen road.
"We just came up here," the tall man said. "Came out of our way a bit to see the shelter camp, as I want to build one like it near my home."
"So do we," said the Scouts.
The two men walked very fast, so that the boys had hard work to keep up with them. They were evidently trained mountain climbers. After half a mile of descent, they swung to the left, by the Raymond Path, and after a quarter of a mile of travel toward the northeast, they swung still again to the left, up the Huntington Ravine Trail, and headed
