A government agent hires Chuck and P.T. to take him to see an old man who is refusing to give up his land in the name of progress. The fellow owns the last piece of mountain property the government needs to begin mining iron ore. No one is able to convince the old man to sign the papers, and he sets out with a young boy he has befriended to go berry picking. News filters back to Chuck and P.T. that two land speculators have meddled with a rope bridge the old man and the boy must cross. The pilots fly to the rescue, but can see from the air that the hikers have already begun their walk across the bridge.