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LAavuGgHING Boy 183 . ‘You have some.” He pointed to the Indian's | <irt pocket. ‘I need those.’ I Well, you go to hell!” Narrow Nose swore in | Eoglish with that fatuous confidence of not be- | Tz understood. Juthle hago wi, Laughing Boy paraphrased | xitly, half as though interpreting to himself, half ‘a= though throwing it back. The insult, in Nav- | a1. is serious. There was a laugh. | He lolled against the counter, lit his cigarette, a1 puffed at it critically. ! I think I buy that saddle. Let me see it.’ | I'll take it down if you really want it.’ |. It hung from a rafter, among other saddles, ots, bridles, pots, Pendleton blankets, ropes, m=: handkerchiefs, and axes. lL Let me see it. My saddle is worn out. I need is ==w one. | want that blanket there, I think, m= four red cans of tobacco, the kind with the bezcher in the long black coat on it.’ Can you pay for all that?’ | I give this in pawn.’ | =: clanked the bridle onto the counter. Stinks f= = Mexican drew nearer. |” want that handkerchief there, I think.” He Bee] toward a silk one. ‘And a knife that

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