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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: assured of safety for her and great danger for himself. They
had crossed into a country he did not know. Somewhere east of
the river there were scattered ranches. But he was as liable to
find the rancher in touch with the outlaws as he was likely to
find him honest. Duane hoped his good fortune would not desert
him in this last service to Jennie. Next to the worry of that
was realization of his condition. He had gotten up too soon; he
had ridden too far and hard, and now he felt that any moment he
might fall from his saddle. At last, far ahead over a barren
mesquite-dotted stretch of dusty ground, he espied a patch of
green and a little flat, red ranch-house. He headed his horse
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