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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Heart of the West by O. Henry: I've got to make a man out of that thing. That's what I've come to
camp for."
He went up to Curly.
"Brother," he said, "don't you think if you had a bath it would allow
you to take a seat in the company of your fellow-man with less
injustice to the atmosphere."
"Run away, farmer," said Curly, sardonically. "Willie will send for
nursey when he feels like having his tub."
The /charco/, or water hole, was twelve yards away. Ranse took one of
Curly's ankles and dragged him like a sack of potatoes to the brink.
Then with the strength and sleight of a hammer-throw he hurled the
Heart of the West | 
