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LAugHING Boy 91

  • You never did that for me,’ Yellow Singer

| muttered to his wife. I shall do it for you, that thing — when you | a= as young and handsome as he is.’ x They watched him with grinning interest while ! = red the drink. Slim Girl was inattentive.

But this is good! This is better than that red

| wxing water, I think.’ He nodded towards his xle of pop. It began to glow in his stomach. ®7at is it doing to me?’ it is beginning to do its good, little brother.’ Tr medicine man pulled at the bottle in sym-

3==hv. ‘By and by you will love it, that feeling.’

|| == wife reached for her share. | Sim Girl stood up. ‘The sun is setting. If you | =i much more of that now, you will not find === way home. Here is a bottle for you to take | wr vou! I=side the house it was half dark, and the door- | === framed the clay bluffs opposite, painted with i mrset, She rearranged the blankets and sheep- | =r for reclining against the wall, and there re- | m=. smoking a cigarette. He finished his drink, | Tz the flavoured sugar in the bottom of it. ¢ Siz over here, and let us talk a little now.’ ® =: placed himself half-sitting, half-lying beside | . That is queer, that drink. I feel queer here,

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