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LL 146 - LAUGHING Boy they learned that it was she who had wc=ml Laughing Boy’s saddle-blanket. The red bee-| ground, with the black and white interlocks § fret of the heat lightning, was a gay and haz 3 some thing. The women examined it, felt =§ weave, and spoke highly of it. There was an «= § dent, kind-hearted relief at this proof that sa={ was regular. : : More important was the subtle difference, === I special quality of her husband’s attitude towz-= § her when compared with their host and his ws= § In that house was the usual peace and uni=- standing of an Indian’s home, but there was n-= : of that faint reverence and intimate desire t= she felt when Laughing Boy spoke to her. Sw ; knew she should be proud and happy, but Sloop 8 was long in coming as they lay in their blank== { about the dying fire. | The second day was like the first, save thax instead of growing stiff and sore, she grew sti= : and sorer. Her fears rode with her behind =< § saddle; she wondered after her old, arrogez | sureness. They made camp for themselves, having cc== | to a section where no one lived. She was unhag == in mind and body, not overjoyed at their roof stopping place and the prospect of a cold nig== § nor pleased with bread and coffee and a lizzie