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adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading YET IF LOVE LACK Winding down out of the hills into the grassy valley of the Upper Sacramento, the little pack train of Banion and Jackson, six hardy mules beside the black horse and Jackson's mountain pony, picked its way along a gashed and trampled creek bed.
able
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From this reading It all was one to any who might have seen, and the two silent men, the younger ahead, the older behind, obviously were men able to hold their counsel or to defend their property.
admonished
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From this reading "Oh, then, Susannah!" admonished the old mountain man, and bade the said Susannah to be as free of care as he himself then and there was.
ahead
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From this reading It all was one to any who might have seen, and the two silent men, the younger ahead, the older behind, obviously were men able to hold their counsel or to defend their property.
all
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From this reading It all was one to any who might have seen, and the two silent men, the younger ahead, the older behind, obviously were men able to hold their counsel or to defend their property.
alongprepositionUS /əˈlɔːŋ/
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading YET IF LOVE LACK Winding down out of the hills into the grassy valley of the Upper Sacramento, the little pack train of Banion and Jackson, six hardy mules beside the black horse and Jackson's mountain pony, picked its way along a gashed and trampled creek bed.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading YET IF LOVE LACK Winding down out of the hills into the grassy valley of the Upper Sacramento, the little pack train of Banion and Jackson, six hardy mules beside the black horse and Jackson's mountain pony, picked its way along a gashed and trampled creek bed.
any
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From this reading It all was one to any who might have seen, and the two silent men, the younger ahead, the older behind, obviously were men able to hold their counsel or to defend their property.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The smoke of a distant encampment caught the keen eye of Jackson as he rode, humming, care-free, the burden of a song.
bade
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From this reading "Oh, then, Susannah!" admonished the old mountain man, and bade the said Susannah to be as free of care as he himself then and there was.
Banion
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From this reading YET IF LOVE LACK Winding down out of the hills into the grassy valley of the Upper Sacramento, the little pack train of Banion and Jackson, six hardy mules beside the black horse and Jackson's mountain pony, picked its way along a gashed and trampled creek bed.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading "Oh, then, Susannah!" admonished the old mountain man, and bade the said Susannah to be as free of care as he himself then and there was.
bed
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From this reading YET IF LOVE LACK Winding down out of the hills into the grassy valley of the Upper Sacramento, the little pack train of Banion and Jackson, six hardy mules beside the black horse and Jackson's mountain pony, picked its way along a gashed and trampled creek bed.
behindprepositionUS /bɪˈhaɪnd/
at or toward the back of something
From this reading It all was one to any who might have seen, and the two silent men, the younger ahead, the older behind, obviously were men able to hold their counsel or to defend their property.
besideprepositionUS /bɪˈsaɪd/
next to; at the side of
From this reading YET IF LOVE LACK Winding down out of the hills into the grassy valley of the Upper Sacramento, the little pack train of Banion and Jackson, six hardy mules beside the black horse and Jackson's mountain pony, picked its way along a gashed and trampled creek bed.
black
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From this reading YET IF LOVE LACK Winding down out of the hills into the grassy valley of the Upper Sacramento, the little pack train of Banion and Jackson, six hardy mules beside the black horse and Jackson's mountain pony, picked its way along a gashed and trampled creek bed.
burden
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From this reading The smoke of a distant encampment caught the keen eye of Jackson as he rode, humming, care-free, the burden of a song.
care
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From this reading "Oh, then, Susannah!" admonished the old mountain man, and bade the said Susannah to be as free of care as he himself then and there was.
care-free
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From this reading The smoke of a distant encampment caught the keen eye of Jackson as he rode, humming, care-free, the burden of a song.
caught
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From this reading The smoke of a distant encampment caught the keen eye of Jackson as he rode, humming, care-free, the burden of a song.
counsel
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creek
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From this reading YET IF LOVE LACK Winding down out of the hills into the grassy valley of the Upper Sacramento, the little pack train of Banion and Jackson, six hardy mules beside the black horse and Jackson's mountain pony, picked its way along a gashed and trampled creek bed.
defend
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From this reading It all was one to any who might have seen, and the two silent men, the younger ahead, the older behind, obviously were men able to hold their counsel or to defend their property.
distantadjectiveUS /ˈdɪstənt/
not friendly or close
From this reading The smoke of a distant encampment caught the keen eye of Jackson as he rode, humming, care-free, the burden of a song.
down
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From this reading YET IF LOVE LACK Winding down out of the hills into the grassy valley of the Upper Sacramento, the little pack train of Banion and Jackson, six hardy mules beside the black horse and Jackson's mountain pony, picked its way along a gashed and trampled creek bed.
encampment
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From this reading The smoke of a distant encampment caught the keen eye of Jackson as he rode, humming, care-free, the burden of a song.
eye
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From this reading The smoke of a distant encampment caught the keen eye of Jackson as he rode, humming, care-free, the burden of a song.
freeadjectiveUS /friː/
acting without enough restraint or discipline
From this reading "Oh, then, Susannah!" admonished the old mountain man, and bade the said Susannah to be as free of care as he himself then and there was.
gashed
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From this reading YET IF LOVE LACK Winding down out of the hills into the grassy valley of the Upper Sacramento, the little pack train of Banion and Jackson, six hardy mules beside the black horse and Jackson's mountain pony, picked its way along a gashed and trampled creek bed.
gold
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From this reading The kyacks which swung heavy on the strongest two mules might hold salt or lead or gold.
grassy
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From this reading YET IF LOVE LACK Winding down out of the hills into the grassy valley of the Upper Sacramento, the little pack train of Banion and Jackson, six hardy mules beside the black horse and Jackson's mountain pony, picked its way along a gashed and trampled creek bed.
hardy
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From this reading YET IF LOVE LACK Winding down out of the hills into the grassy valley of the Upper Sacramento, the little pack train of Banion and Jackson, six hardy mules beside the black horse and Jackson's mountain pony, picked its way along a gashed and trampled creek bed.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading It all was one to any who might have seen, and the two silent men, the younger ahead, the older behind, obviously were men able to hold their counsel or to defend their property.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The smoke of a distant encampment caught the keen eye of Jackson as he rode, humming, care-free, the burden of a song.
heavy
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From this reading The kyacks which swung heavy on the strongest two mules might hold salt or lead or gold.
hills
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From this reading YET IF LOVE LACK Winding down out of the hills into the grassy valley of the Upper Sacramento, the little pack train of Banion and Jackson, six hardy mules beside the black horse and Jackson's mountain pony, picked its way along a gashed and trampled creek bed.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading "Oh, then, Susannah!" admonished the old mountain man, and bade the said Susannah to be as free of care as he himself then and there was.
hold
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From this reading The kyacks which swung heavy on the strongest two mules might hold salt or lead or gold.
horse
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From this reading YET IF LOVE LACK Winding down out of the hills into the grassy valley of the Upper Sacramento, the little pack train of Banion and Jackson, six hardy mules beside the black horse and Jackson's mountain pony, picked its way along a gashed and trampled creek bed.
humming
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From this reading The smoke of a distant encampment caught the keen eye of Jackson as he rode, humming, care-free, the burden of a song.
IFconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading YET IF LOVE LACK Winding down out of the hills into the grassy valley of the Upper Sacramento, the little pack train of Banion and Jackson, six hardy mules beside the black horse and Jackson's mountain pony, picked its way along a gashed and trampled creek bed.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading YET IF LOVE LACK Winding down out of the hills into the grassy valley of the Upper Sacramento, the little pack train of Banion and Jackson, six hardy mules beside the black horse and Jackson's mountain pony, picked its way along a gashed and trampled creek bed.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It all was one to any who might have seen, and the two silent men, the younger ahead, the older behind, obviously were men able to hold their counsel or to defend their property.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading YET IF LOVE LACK Winding down out of the hills into the grassy valley of the Upper Sacramento, the little pack train of Banion and Jackson, six hardy mules beside the black horse and Jackson's mountain pony, picked its way along a gashed and trampled creek bed.
Jackson
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From this reading YET IF LOVE LACK Winding down out of the hills into the grassy valley of the Upper Sacramento, the little pack train of Banion and Jackson, six hardy mules beside the black horse and Jackson's mountain pony, picked its way along a gashed and trampled creek bed.
Jackson's
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From this reading YET IF LOVE LACK Winding down out of the hills into the grassy valley of the Upper Sacramento, the little pack train of Banion and Jackson, six hardy mules beside the black horse and Jackson's mountain pony, picked its way along a gashed and trampled creek bed.
keen
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From this reading The smoke of a distant encampment caught the keen eye of Jackson as he rode, humming, care-free, the burden of a song.
kyacks
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From this reading The kyacks which swung heavy on the strongest two mules might hold salt or lead or gold.
LACK
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From this reading YET IF LOVE LACK Winding down out of the hills into the grassy valley of the Upper Sacramento, the little pack train of Banion and Jackson, six hardy mules beside the black horse and Jackson's mountain pony, picked its way along a gashed and trampled creek bed.
lead
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From this reading The kyacks which swung heavy on the strongest two mules might hold salt or lead or gold.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading YET IF LOVE LACK Winding down out of the hills into the grassy valley of the Upper Sacramento, the little pack train of Banion and Jackson, six hardy mules beside the black horse and Jackson's mountain pony, picked its way along a gashed and trampled creek bed.
LOVE
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From this reading YET IF LOVE LACK Winding down out of the hills into the grassy valley of the Upper Sacramento, the little pack train of Banion and Jackson, six hardy mules beside the black horse and Jackson's mountain pony, picked its way along a gashed and trampled creek bed.
man
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From this reading "Oh, then, Susannah!" admonished the old mountain man, and bade the said Susannah to be as free of care as he himself then and there was.
men
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From this reading It all was one to any who might have seen, and the two silent men, the younger ahead, the older behind, obviously were men able to hold their counsel or to defend their property.
mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading The kyacks which swung heavy on the strongest two mules might hold salt or lead or gold.
mountain
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From this reading YET IF LOVE LACK Winding down out of the hills into the grassy valley of the Upper Sacramento, the little pack train of Banion and Jackson, six hardy mules beside the black horse and Jackson's mountain pony, picked its way along a gashed and trampled creek bed.
mules
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From this reading YET IF LOVE LACK Winding down out of the hills into the grassy valley of the Upper Sacramento, the little pack train of Banion and Jackson, six hardy mules beside the black horse and Jackson's mountain pony, picked its way along a gashed and trampled creek bed.
obviously
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From this reading It all was one to any who might have seen, and the two silent men, the younger ahead, the older behind, obviously were men able to hold their counsel or to defend their property.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading YET IF LOVE LACK Winding down out of the hills into the grassy valley of the Upper Sacramento, the little pack train of Banion and Jackson, six hardy mules beside the black horse and Jackson's mountain pony, picked its way along a gashed and trampled creek bed.
Oh
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From this reading "Oh, then, Susannah!" admonished the old mountain man, and bade the said Susannah to be as free of care as he himself then and there was.
old
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From this reading "Oh, then, Susannah!" admonished the old mountain man, and bade the said Susannah to be as free of care as he himself then and there was.
older
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From this reading It all was one to any who might have seen, and the two silent men, the younger ahead, the older behind, obviously were men able to hold their counsel or to defend their property.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The kyacks which swung heavy on the strongest two mules might hold salt or lead or gold.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading It all was one to any who might have seen, and the two silent men, the younger ahead, the older behind, obviously were men able to hold their counsel or to defend their property.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading The kyacks which swung heavy on the strongest two mules might hold salt or lead or gold.
out
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From this reading YET IF LOVE LACK Winding down out of the hills into the grassy valley of the Upper Sacramento, the little pack train of Banion and Jackson, six hardy mules beside the black horse and Jackson's mountain pony, picked its way along a gashed and trampled creek bed.
pack
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From this reading YET IF LOVE LACK Winding down out of the hills into the grassy valley of the Upper Sacramento, the little pack train of Banion and Jackson, six hardy mules beside the black horse and Jackson's mountain pony, picked its way along a gashed and trampled creek bed.
picked
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From this reading YET IF LOVE LACK Winding down out of the hills into the grassy valley of the Upper Sacramento, the little pack train of Banion and Jackson, six hardy mules beside the black horse and Jackson's mountain pony, picked its way along a gashed and trampled creek bed.
pony
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From this reading YET IF LOVE LACK Winding down out of the hills into the grassy valley of the Upper Sacramento, the little pack train of Banion and Jackson, six hardy mules beside the black horse and Jackson's mountain pony, picked its way along a gashed and trampled creek bed.
property
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From this reading It all was one to any who might have seen, and the two silent men, the younger ahead, the older behind, obviously were men able to hold their counsel or to defend their property.
rode
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From this reading The smoke of a distant encampment caught the keen eye of Jackson as he rode, humming, care-free, the burden of a song.
Sacramento
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said
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salt
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From this reading The kyacks which swung heavy on the strongest two mules might hold salt or lead or gold.
seen
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From this reading It all was one to any who might have seen, and the two silent men, the younger ahead, the older behind, obviously were men able to hold their counsel or to defend their property.
silent
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From this reading It all was one to any who might have seen, and the two silent men, the younger ahead, the older behind, obviously were men able to hold their counsel or to defend their property.
six
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From this reading YET IF LOVE LACK Winding down out of the hills into the grassy valley of the Upper Sacramento, the little pack train of Banion and Jackson, six hardy mules beside the black horse and Jackson's mountain pony, picked its way along a gashed and trampled creek bed.
smoke
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From this reading The smoke of a distant encampment caught the keen eye of Jackson as he rode, humming, care-free, the burden of a song.
song
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From this reading The smoke of a distant encampment caught the keen eye of Jackson as he rode, humming, care-free, the burden of a song.
strongest
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From this reading The kyacks which swung heavy on the strongest two mules might hold salt or lead or gold.
Susannah
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From this reading "Oh, then, Susannah!" admonished the old mountain man, and bade the said Susannah to be as free of care as he himself then and there was.
swung
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From this reading The kyacks which swung heavy on the strongest two mules might hold salt or lead or gold.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading YET IF LOVE LACK Winding down out of the hills into the grassy valley of the Upper Sacramento, the little pack train of Banion and Jackson, six hardy mules beside the black horse and Jackson's mountain pony, picked its way along a gashed and trampled creek bed.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading It all was one to any who might have seen, and the two silent men, the younger ahead, the older behind, obviously were men able to hold their counsel or to defend their property.
then
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From this reading "Oh, then, Susannah!" admonished the old mountain man, and bade the said Susannah to be as free of care as he himself then and there was.
there
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From this reading "Oh, then, Susannah!" admonished the old mountain man, and bade the said Susannah to be as free of care as he himself then and there was.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It all was one to any who might have seen, and the two silent men, the younger ahead, the older behind, obviously were men able to hold their counsel or to defend their property.
train
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From this reading YET IF LOVE LACK Winding down out of the hills into the grassy valley of the Upper Sacramento, the little pack train of Banion and Jackson, six hardy mules beside the black horse and Jackson's mountain pony, picked its way along a gashed and trampled creek bed.
trampled
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From this reading YET IF LOVE LACK Winding down out of the hills into the grassy valley of the Upper Sacramento, the little pack train of Banion and Jackson, six hardy mules beside the black horse and Jackson's mountain pony, picked its way along a gashed and trampled creek bed.
two
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Upper
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From this reading YET IF LOVE LACK Winding down out of the hills into the grassy valley of the Upper Sacramento, the little pack train of Banion and Jackson, six hardy mules beside the black horse and Jackson's mountain pony, picked its way along a gashed and trampled creek bed.
valley
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From this reading YET IF LOVE LACK Winding down out of the hills into the grassy valley of the Upper Sacramento, the little pack train of Banion and Jackson, six hardy mules beside the black horse and Jackson's mountain pony, picked its way along a gashed and trampled creek bed.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It all was one to any who might have seen, and the two silent men, the younger ahead, the older behind, obviously were men able to hold their counsel or to defend their property.
way
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From this reading YET IF LOVE LACK Winding down out of the hills into the grassy valley of the Upper Sacramento, the little pack train of Banion and Jackson, six hardy mules beside the black horse and Jackson's mountain pony, picked its way along a gashed and trampled creek bed.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading It all was one to any who might have seen, and the two silent men, the younger ahead, the older behind, obviously were men able to hold their counsel or to defend their property.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading The kyacks which swung heavy on the strongest two mules might hold salt or lead or gold.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading It all was one to any who might have seen, and the two silent men, the younger ahead, the older behind, obviously were men able to hold their counsel or to defend their property.
Winding
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From this reading YET IF LOVE LACK Winding down out of the hills into the grassy valley of the Upper Sacramento, the little pack train of Banion and Jackson, six hardy mules beside the black horse and Jackson's mountain pony, picked its way along a gashed and trampled creek bed.
YETconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading YET IF LOVE LACK Winding down out of the hills into the grassy valley of the Upper Sacramento, the little pack train of Banion and Jackson, six hardy mules beside the black horse and Jackson's mountain pony, picked its way along a gashed and trampled creek bed.
younger
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From this reading It all was one to any who might have seen, and the two silent men, the younger ahead, the older behind, obviously were men able to hold their counsel or to defend their property.
