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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Roads of Destiny by O. Henry: to thank you for listening to a garrulous old man's prosy story. We
old Texans love to talk about our adventures and our old comrades, and
the home folks have long ago learned to run when we begin with 'Once
upon a time,' so we have to spin our yarns to the stranger within our
gates."
The major smiled, but the examiner only bowed coldly, and abruptly
quitted the bank. They saw him travel diagonally across the street in
a straight line and enter the Stockmen's National Bank.
Major Tom sat down at his desk, and drew from his vest pocket the note
Roy had given him. He had read it once, but hurriedly, and now, with
something like a twinkle in his eyes, he read it again. These were the
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