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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Riverman by Stewart Edward White: some time.
"If we could clear out the splinters and rubbish, we might spike a
couple of saplings on each side for the gate to slide down into,"
speculated North. "Might try her on."
The logs were held up in the pond, and a crew of men set to work to
cut away, as well as they might in the rush of water, the splintered
ends of the old sill and apron. It was hard work. Newmark,
watching, thought it impracticable. The current rendered footing
impossible, so all the work had to be done from above. Wet wood
gripped the long saws vice-like, so that a man's utmost strength
could scarcely budge them. The water deadened the force of axe-
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