The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Heritage of the Desert by Zane Grey: he said to the nearest bystanders: "Some of you drag that out for the
coyotes."
The first fellow who bent over Snap happened to be the Nebraska rustler,
and he curiously opened the breech of the six-shooter he picked up." No
shells!" he said. He pulled Snap's second Colt from his belt, and
unbreeched that."No shells! Well, d--n me!" He surveyed the group of grim
men, not one of whom had any reply.
Holderness again laughed harshly, and turning to the cabin, he fastened
the door with a lasso.
It was a long time before Hare recovered from the starting revelation of
the plot which had put Mescal into Holderness's power. Bad as Snap Naab
The Heritage of the Desert |