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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Mucker by Edgar Rice Burroughs: fellow that man-handled Miss Harding until even that beast of
a Simms made me quit, and Miss Harding has been alone
with me on this island for weeks--now go!"
He turned away so that they could no longer see his face,
with the mental anguish that he knew must be writ large upon
it, and commenced firing toward the natives once more.
Anthony Harding stood with white face and clinched hands
during Byrne's recital of his identity. At its close he took a
threatening step toward the prostrate man, raising his long
sword, with a muffled oath. Billy Mallory sprang before him,
catching his upraised arm.
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