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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Tales of the Klondyke by Jack London: the iniquities of this roadside Shylock; and all along the trail
his numerous victims had added to the sum of his crimes. Now, Jim
Cardegee, with the sailor's love for a sailor's joke, had
determined, when he pulled into the cabin, to bring its inmate
down a peg or so. That he had succeeded beyond expectation he
could not help but remark, though he was in the dark as to the
part the gash on his cheek had played in it. But while he could
not understand, he saw the terror it created, and resolved to
exploit it as remorselessly as would any modern trader a choice
bit of merchandise.
"Strike me blind, but you're a 'ustler," he said admiringly, his
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