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LAaucHING Boy 9 a PE TT ST OV UV SVS sliver were at her waist, and ceremonial jewels in ze fringe of her sash. Her blue skirt swung with zr short, calculated steps, ankle-length, above zzz dull red leggins and moccasins with silver curttons. The dark clothing, matching the night, =as In contrast to the other dancers, even her “’anket was mainly blue. He felt animosity to- wards her, dark and slight, like a wisp of grass — =iy part of a woman. Her gaze, examining the s.ngers, was too coolly appraising. Now she was ->>king at him. He threw his head back, losing =imself in the singing. He wished he, too, had an American hat. Her mincing steps took her out of sight. Jesting >zuaw’s Son's arm was over his shoulder, and on “=z other side another Indian, unknown, but w2ung. Their life flowed together with all those “zzers, complete to themselves, merged in one Zody of song, with the drumbeats for a heart, ‘Yo-0 galeana, yo-o galeana ... Song followed song with a rush; when one

=Zed, the next took up, as though the whole

—izht would never suffice to pour out all that was = them. Some one plucked at his blanket; then with an- sizer. stronger pull it was snatched from his szculders. He whirled about. The men near him