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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: Two-step had evidently made an end of the bronco spree upon which
he had been the evening before, for he submitted sedately to his
unusual burden. The first hilltop they reached had its surprise
to offer the girl. In a little valley below them, scarce a mile
away, nestled a ranch with its corrals and buildings.
"Look!" she exclaimed; and then swiftly, "Didn't you know it was
there?"
"Yes, that's the Hilke place," he answered with composure. "It
hasn't been occupied for years."
"Isn't that some one crossing to the corral now?"
"No. A stray cow, I reckon."
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