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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Betty Zane by Zane Grey: raft-ride down the Ohio. Col. Zane thought the feast he had arranged for Isaac
would be a fitting occasion for the breaking of the cask.
Major McCullough, Capt. Boggs and Hugh Bennet had been invited. Wetzel had
been persuaded to come. Betty's friends Lydia and Alice were there.
As Isaac, with an air of pride, led the two girls into the room Old Sam saw
them and he exclaimed, "For de Lawd's sakes, Marsh Zane, dar's two pippins,
sure can't tell 'em from one anudder."
Betty and Myeerah did resemble each other. They were of about the same size,
tall and slender. Betty was rosy, bright-eyed and smiling; Myeerah was pale
one moment and red the next.
"Friends, this is Myeerah, the daughter of Tarhe," said Isaac simply. "We are
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