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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Betty Zane by Zane Grey: believed the Major to be lying crushed and mangled on the rocks. Imagine our
frenzy of Joy when we saw the daring soldier and his horse dash out of the
bushes that skirt the base of the cliff, cross the creek, and come galloping
to the fort in safety."
"It was wonderful! Wonderful!" exclaimed Isaac, his eyes glistening. "No
wonder the Indians call you the 'Flying Chief.'"
"Had the Major not jumped into the clump of pine trees which grow thickly some
thirty feet below the summit he would not now be alive," said Colonel Zane. "I
am certain of that. Nevertheless that does not detract from the courage of his
deed. He had no time to pick out the best place to jump. He simply took his
one chance, and came out all right. That leap will live in the minds of men as
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