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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Riverman by Stewart Edward White: the shouts and banter of the rivermen were plainly audible up the
reaches of the river. Ashore moist and aggressive green things were
pushing up through the watery earth from which, in shade, the last
frost had not yet departed. At camp the fires roared invitingly.
Charlie's grub was hot and grateful. The fir beds gave dreamless
sleep.
Newmark followed the work of the log-drive with great interest. All
day long he tramped back and forth--on jam one day, on rear the
next. He never said much, but watched keenly, and listened to the
men's banter both on the work and about the evening's fire as though
he enjoyed it. Gradually the men got used to him, and ceased to
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