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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Lone Star Ranger by Zane Grey: citizens, led by a sheriff Duane suspected was crooked, was
made up before the engine steamed back to pick up the rest of
the train. Duane had the sudden inspiration that he had been
cudgeling his mind to find; and, acting upon it, he mounted his
horse again and left Bradford unobserved. As he rode out into
the night, over a dark trail in the direction of Ord, he
uttered a short, grim, sardonic laugh at the hope that he might
be taken for a train-robber.
He rode at an easy trot most of the night, and when the black
peak of Ord Mountain loomed up against the stars he halted,
tied his horse, and slept until dawn. He had brought a small
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