Besides, I've been breathing the strong clear air of your gum trees lately.

It's a case of pull devil--pull bushman.

Do you see ?' 'I see, my dear, that you're idealising Colin McKeith, and let me tell you that a bushman is very far removed from the super-man.

Oh, Colin is a fine enough specimen of a pioneer in a rough country.

But his rough life, his bush surroundings, and all the rest--why, he'd jar upon you in a hundred ways if you were alone with him in them.