“It’s no child’s job,” answered McLean. “I am the field manager of a big lumber company. We have just leased two thousand acres of the Limberlost. Many of these trees are of great value. We can’t leave our camp, six miles south, for almost a year yet; so we have blazed a trail and strung barbed wires securely about the extent of this lease. Before we return to our work, I must put this Limberlost lease in the hands of a reliable, brave, strong man who will guard it every hour of the day, and sleep with one eye open at night. I should require the entire length of the trail to be walked at least twice every day, to make sure that our lines were up and no one had been trespassing.” (Freckles 10-11)