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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: something for you to do. From to-day you are in my employ."
She rode back to the ranch in the late afternoon, while the sun
was setting in a great splash of crimson. The round-up boss had
hinted that if she were nervous about riding alone he could find
it convenient to accompany her. But the girl wanted to be alone
with her own thoughts, and she had slipped away while he was busy
cutting out calves from the herd. It had been a wonderful relief
to her to find that HER Ned Bannister was the one that had
survived in the conflict, and her heart sang a paean of joy as
she rode into the golden glow of the westering sun. He was
alive--to love and be loved. The unlived years of her future
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