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wk 180 ’ “LAUGHING Boy the corral. He made his fast with a bow-knot. Je§ animal being rather unenterprising and not res! ing learned how to untie them. He looped oa reins over the saddle-horn and sauntered to m1 door of the store, trailing the bridle carelessx.] and adjusting his recently acquired hat. It waza stiff-brimmed felt, with the crown undented == the string tied under the chin, Indian fashion. Ze { coming him well. He gave it a wicked slant. The store was a square room with a couz= | around three sides; in the fourth the door az- & small window. Another door in the back led = | the rest of the house. Now the room was ring with tobacco smoke and the heat of an iron stcw= § The Indians lounged along the counter, learzg on it with their elbows, talking or staring at = | goods on the shelves. He recognized the owr== | of the two ponies — Stinks Like a Mexican. = | old rogue with his hair cut short to the level of == | ears, who had worked for the railroad, and Log § Tooth, the policeman from T'ies Napornss. He stood in the door. Bow’s Son regarded him blankly. ‘Where to, tell?’ ‘To T’o Tlakai, for the dance.’ ‘The dance is over; we come from it.’ ‘Chiendi!’ ‘Where from, tell?’ Tall Brave asked.