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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: his horse, to check a little that killing gait. This horse was
a magnificent animal, big, strong, fast; but his endurance had
never been put to a grueling test. And that worried Duane. His
life had made it impossible to keep one horse very long at a
time, and this one was an unknown quantity.
Duane had only one plan--the only plan possible in this
case--and that was to make the river-bottoms, where he might
elude his pursuers in the willow brakes. Fifteen miles or so
would bring him to the river, and this was not a hopeless
distance for any good horse if not too closely pressed. Duane
concluded presently that the cowboys behind were losing a
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