On the Far Side of the Mountain

Bando and Sam reach Manorkill Falls but see no sign of Alice or Crystal. Sam concludes that Crystal would be resistant to making the ascent to the waterfall since there is nothing that would entice the pig to do so. While Bando consults the map, Sam catches a trout for dinner and bakes it in an oven he makes by digging a hole, filling it with hot coals, and covering it with the fish inside. Bando spots a nearby farm on the map, along with a large waterfall at the Helderberg Escarpment. After dinner, Sam and Bando decide to go separate ways; Sam goes to the farm to ask if Alice has been there, and Bando goes into the nearby town of West Conesville to phone Zella. After they agree to meet at a cemetery beyond the farm to camp for the night, Sam attempts to make himself presentable as he knocks on the farmhouse door, and he learns from the farmer that Alice stayed there for a few days with Crystal before continuing to the Livingstonville fair with the farmer’s daughter, Hanni. (Having met Alice at the Roxbury fair, Hanni invited her to stay at her family’s farm until the 4-H club fair in Livingstonville).