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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Desert Gold by Zane Grey: he imagined was something mystic in her.
"Years ago when I was searching for my father I learned many things
about this country," said Mrs. Belding. "You can never tell how
long a man may live in the desert. The fiercest, most terrible and
inaccessible places often have their hidden oasis. In his later
years my father became a prospector. That was strange to me, for
he never cared for gold or money. I learned that he was often
gone in the desert for weeks, once for months. Then the time came
when he never came back. That was years before I reached the
southwest border and heard of him. Even then I did not for long
give up hope of his coming back, I know now--something tells
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