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a 204 TavcHING Boy impossible. Increasingly, as her love for k= husband gained upon her, he suspected part = § the truth, and tormented himself with jealouss. § That husband, whom he had always regarded = #§ rather mythical, seemed in the past few moniz=s ] to have become exacting. In moments of honest g towards himself, he writhed at the acid thought x { being used by a squaw for the benefit of hersez and some low, presumably drunken, Indian. He rode into Los Palos through the bottomle= § mud and wet of a spring thaw, only to find a nc= § on the table: Dear GEORGE My husband make me go too dance I will corz= § day after tomorrow afternoon. pleas not mind § love Lirrran The poor fool cursed, got drunk, and waited over | That had been a very pleasant dance; they he: ridden part of the way home with as likable z | crowd as the one that rode from T’o Tlakai to ths | trading post. She still tasted the flavour of it as § she changed into her Sears-Roebuck dress anz ! set out for Los Palos. Laughing Boy had surprise: | on her face, once or twice, that look of triumphar: | hatred when she returned. He would have beet astonished could he have seen her now. EU eg eer or ae SL ef

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