 As Chief Cody turns away to find Ellery Collins and pass along the orders from the district warden, Tim crashes down the hillside. And breaking out into a clearing in the path of the climbing fire, he sees clouded in haze the two boys, Pete and Jimmy, standing on a great flat rock. And as they turn their sooty faces toward him, he sees that both boys are grinning from ear to ear. Far from being terrified, they eagerly wave him on to join them.