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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: magnificence of his bravado almost obliterated its impudence. Of
course she would not think of going. The idea! But her eyes
glowed with appreciation of his courage, not the less because the
consciousness of it was so conspicuously absent from his manner.
"I think not, Mr. Bannister" and her face almost imperceptibly
stiffened. "I don't go riding with strangers, nor with men who
shoot my boys. And I'll give you a piece of advice, sir. That is,
to burn the wind back to your home. Otherwise I won't answer for
your life. My punchers don't love you, and I don't know how long
I can keep them from you. You're not wanted here any more than
you were at the dance the other evening."
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