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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Spirit of the Border by Zane Grey: the young man.
"Paleface--tobac'--heap good."
Then, seeing that Joe made no effort to follow his brother's initiative, for
Jim was fast asleep, he pointed to the recumbent figures and spoke again in.
"Ugh! Paleface sleep--Injun wigwams--near setting sun."
On the following morning Joe was awakened by the pain in his legs, which had
been bound all night. He was glad when the bonds were cut and the party took
up its westward march.
The Indians, though somewhat quieter, displayed the same carelessness: they
did not hurry, nor use particular caution, but selected the most open paths
through the forest. They even halted while one of their number crept up on a
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