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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Spirit of the Border by Zane Grey: them.
Wetzel understood Joe's burning desire to roam the forests; but he half
expected the lad would soon grow tired of this roving life, but exactly the
opposite symptoms were displayed. The hunter had intended to take his comrade
on a hunting trip, and to return with him, after that was over, to Fort Henry.
They had now been in the woods for weeks and every day in some way had Joe
showed his mettle. Wetzel finally admitted him into the secrets of his most
cherished hiding place. He did not want to hurt the lad's feelings by taking
him back to the settlement; he could not send him back. So the days wore on
swiftly; full of heart-satisfying incident and life, with man and boy growing
closer in an intimacy that was as warm as it was unusual.
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