There was a quality in his speech which appealed to the eagle's heart in the boy.

The Pratts no longer interested him; they had settled down into farmers.

They had nothing for him to do but plow and dig roots, for which he had no love.
He had not ridden into this wild and splendid country to bend his back over a spade.

One day he accepted Delmar's offer and rode home to get his few little trinkets and to say good-by.
Another reason why he had accepted Delmar's offer lay in the growing annoyance of Jennie's courtship.

She made no effort to conceal her growing passion.