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LAaugHiNG Boy TIRANA NI NANANANANANANANANNANS NNN A A A AA AA A A AA A A AS CSA AAA AAA =: he thought he was sure of what she was, but =: admitted that there were things about her =:t were beyond him. And for some reason, he ways resented the idea of her working in the =n. Not that it was a novelty for Navajos to wrk for Americans, or that he had any means of zing an attitude towards menial labour. His = ple had owned slaves in the old days; a few =. survived, but he had no particular idea of the | z:sition of a servant. Yet he wished she would z:% go there. Then again, he sympathized en-

fy with her idea of amassing a fortune. Per-

2:05 it was just because the town and its Ameri- =zism were part of an unknown world, perhaps ~ w:ause when she returned from there she scemed = tired, and once or twice he had surprised in her

  1. 23 a puzzling look, a look of a man who has just

«ed and scalped a hated enemy. But it was no =< his trying to form an opinion. He did not | =ow his way here; with only his people's judg- ze2ts and measures, he could decide nothing. He =ainly could not expect everything to be the | ==. As well expect, when one had ridden be- 7d Old Age River, into the Mormon country, = turn and still see Chiz-na Hozolchi on the ===2rn horizon. 1 those few occasions when she warned him =x: the missionary’s wife would want her to stay

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