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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: place. I want to make you acquainted with him. These boys have all been
cutting timber; they've just come in for dinner. Be easy and quiet with them;
then you'll get on."
Colonel Zane introduced Joe to five sturdy boys and left him in their company.
Joe sat down on a log outside a cabin and leisurely surveyed the young men.
They all looked about the same: strong without being heavy, light-haired and
bronze-faced. In their turn they carefully judged Joe. A newcomer from the
East was always regarded with some doubt. If they expected to hear Joe talk
much they were mistaken. He appeared good-natured, but not too friendly.
"Fine weather we're havin'," said Dick Metzar.
"Fine," agreed Joe, laconically.
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