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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Bucky O'Connor by William MacLeod Raine: CHAPTER 6. BUCKY MAKES A DISCOVERY
For a week Bucky had been in the little border town of Noches,
called there by threats of a race war between the whites and the
Mexicans. Having put the quietus on this, he was returning to
Epitaph by way of the Huachuca Mountains. There are still places
in Arizona where rapid transit can be achieved more expeditiously
on the back of a bronco than by means of the railroad, even when
the latter is available. So now Bucky was taking a short cut
across country instead of making the two train changes, with the
consequent inevitable delays that would have been necessary to
travel by rail.
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