It ran between the rock and the river, and the snow hadn't gone.

We worked waist-deep in it part of the time, and thawed out every stick of giant-powder at the fire.

The construction boss was a hustler, and he drove us mercilessly.

We toiled raw-handed, worn-out and savage, and he drove us all the harder when one of the boys tried to brain him." "And you never longed to be back in the office at the flour-mill ?" Weston laughed.
"Didn't you find those sleigh-rides, skating-rinks, and even the trips west in your father's private car, grow exceedingly tame ?" "Ah," said Ida, "you must remember that I have never known anything else." "Then you have only to wait a little.

It's quite certain that you won't be able to say that some day." It seemed to Ida inadvisable to pursue the subject further, though she was not sure that he wished to do so.
"How did you expend your energy after you left the track ?" she asked.
"I don't quite remember.