Page:Laughing Boy-1929.djvu/194

This page needs to be proofread.

182 ™. .LavucHING Boy . RR RAR NA RNA AAR RAILS | low Mustache would have welcomed him, ed probably given him some candy. 0 ‘What kind of candy have you?’ He spoke of the baby-talk Navajo that they use with Am==- | cans. a ‘Round-soft-ones, hard-clear-ones, and breer | sweets.’ | The man was not really at home even in = § trade language. He was a little hard of hearizz | it hampered him in learning. i ‘How much are the round-soft-ones?’ ‘Two for a yellow.’ Laughing Boy examined his change careful's | and put a dime on the counter. ‘Give me a blu: z= worth.’ : The trader let four gum drops roll toward tae § customer. ‘Give it to me.” He reached for ta | dime. : Laughing Boy held onto it. ‘Haven't you a=v | twisted-sticks?’ ] ‘No.’ : ‘I don’t want those.” He put his money back § in his pocket. ‘Give me a smoke.’ ; Narrow Nose eyed him for a moment, asf though he would like to see him shrivel. Polit was policy. He slid a half-empty sack of Stag § and some papers along the counter. ! ‘Match, brother-in-law.’

This article is issued from Wikisource. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.