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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: A hint of deeper color touched her cheeks. Her manner had been
cavalier at best; for the most part frankly hostile; and all the
time the man was on an errand of good-will. Certainly he had
scored at her expense, and she was ashamed of herself.
"Y'u mean that you're going to respect the deadline? asked Mac in
surprise.
"I didn't say quite that," explained the sheepman. "What I said
was that I meant to keep on my side of it so far as the Lazy D
cattle are concerned. I'll let your range alone."
"But y'u mean to cross it down below where the Bar Double-E cows
run?"
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