And for a particular, definite ambition, without which all effort is purposeless, he wanted to kill a bear.
Hank brought him all the things he needed, talked incessantly of what Jack should do and what he shouldn't do, and even offered to pack his outfit over to the Peak for him.

So Jack went, and got his first taste of real camping out in a real wilderness, and gained a more intimate knowledge of the country he had to guard.
By the time his second relief was at hand, he was tempted to take what money he had earned and go as far as it would take him.

He did not believe he could stand another month of that terrible isolation, even with his new friendliness toward the stars and the forest to lighten a little of his loneliness.

Youth hungers for a warmer, more personal companionship than Nature, and Jack was never meant for a hermit.

He grew sullen.