| 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: about taking Mose. He wanted the dog, but in case he had to run it was
necessary Whispering Winds should find his trail, and for this he left the dog
with her.
 He started down the ridge, and had not gone a hundred paces when over some
gray boulders he saw the thatched roof of a hut. So wild and secluded was the
spot, that he would never have discovered the cabin from any other point than
this, which he had been so fortunate as to find.
 His study and practice under Wetzel now stood him in good stead. He picked out
the best path over the rough stones and through the brambles, always keeping
under cover. He stepped as carefully as if the hunter was behind him. Soon he
reached level ground. A dense laurel thicket hid the cabin, but he knew the
  The Spirit of the Border
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