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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: ranchers in and around Mercer. On an evil day for him he or his
outlaws had beaten and robbed a man who once succored Duane
when sore in need. Duane met Hardin in the little plaza of the
village, called him every name known to border men, taunted him
to draw, and killed him in the act.
Duane went to the house of one Jones, a Texan who had known his
father, and there he was warmly received. The feel of an honest
hand, the voice of a friend, the prattle of children who were
not afraid of him or his gun, good wholesome food, and change
of clothes--these things for the time being made a changed man
of Duane. To be sure, he did not often speak. The price of his
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