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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Wyoming by William MacLeod Raine: be all right, and I am quite of your opinion that the prisoners
had better stay here for the night. One of them is wounded, and
ought to be given the best attention. But, of course, you will
see to that, lieutenant."
The young man blushed. This was the right kind of appreciation.
He wished his old classmates at the Point could hear how
implicitly this sweet girl relied on him.
"Certainly. And now, Miss Messiter, if there is nothing you wish,
I shall retire for the night. You may sleep with perfect
confidence."
"I am sure I may, lieutenant." She gave him a broadside of
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