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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Young Forester by Zane Grey: Whereupon I marched off at once to a store and bought the supply of
provisions that Buell had decided against when he helped me with my outfit.
This addition made packing the pony more of a problem than ever, but I
contrived to get it all on to my satisfaction. It was nearing sunset when I
rode out of Holston this second time. The sage flat was bare and gray. Dick
had long since reached the pines, and would probably make camp at the spring
where we had stopped for lunch. I certainly did not want to catch up with
him, but as there was small chance of that; it caused me no concern.
Shortly after sunset twilight fell, and it was night when I reached the
first pine-trees. Still, as the trail was easily to be seen, I kept on, for
I did not want to camp without water. The forest was very dark, in some
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