"I must learn it.

But I know how to do it this way." He caught her by both elbows.

"Now jump!" Taken by surprise she gave a little spring, and he lifted her like a feather, and seated her in her saddle.
As she rode away, he stood aside and lifted his hat with an air that surprised her.

Also, as she rode away, he remarked that she sat her horse very well and had a very straight, slim figure; but the picture of her kneeling in the dust, with her arm around the little sobbing child, was what he dwelt on.
Just as she disappeared, a redbird in its gorgeous uniform flitted dipping across the road, and, taking his place in a bush, began to sing imperiously for his mate.
"Ah, you lucky rascal," thought Keith, "you don't get caught by a pretty girl, in a ragged coat.

You have your best clothes on every day." Next second, as the bird's rich notes rang out, a deeper feeling came to him, and a wave of dissatisfaction with his life swept over him.