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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: kill Girty! I am only a poor, weak fellow who would be lost a mile from this
village, and if not, would fall before the youngest brave. But you with your
glorious strength, your incomparable woodcraft, you are the man to kill Girty.
Rid the frontier of this fiend. Kill him! Wetzel, kill him! I beseech you for
the sake of some sweet girl who even now may be on her way to this terrible
country, and who may fall into Girty's power--for her sake, Wetzel, kill him.
Trail him like a bloodhound, and when you find him remember my broken heart,
remember Nell, remember, oh, God! remember poor Kate!"
Young's voice broke into dry sobs. He had completely exhausted himself, so
that he was forced to lean against the tree for support.
Wetzel spoke never a word. He stretched out his long, brawny arm and gripped
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