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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: then led ashore, where Silvertip awaited them.
When the horse was clear of the raft, which task necessitated considerable
labor on the part of the Indians, the chief seized the grapevine, that was now
plainly in sight, and severed it with one blow of his tomahawk. The raft
dashed forward with a lurch and drifted downstream.
In the clear water Joe could see the cunning trap which had caused the death
of Bill, and insured the captivity of himself and his brother. The crafty
savages had trimmed a six-inch sapling and anchored it under the water. They
weighted the heavy end, leaving the other pointing upstream. To this last had
been tied the grapevine. When the drifting raft reached the sapling, the
Indians concealed in the willows pulled hard on the improvised rope; the end
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